The treatment of locally advanced colon cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-58

  Schild, Steven E ^a   Gunderson, Leonard L ^b   Haddock, Michael G ^b   Wong, William W ^a   Nelson, Heidi ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Interoperative radiotherapy; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; LEVAMISOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031051525     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)00462-2     Document Type: Article

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