Sphincter preservation therapy for distal rectal carcinoma: A review

Cancer

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 671-683

  Ng, Andrea K ^a,b   Recht, Abram ^a   Busse, Paul M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD RADIATION ONCOLOGY PROGRAM   (United States)

Author keywords

chemotherapy; radiotherapy; rectal carcinoma; sphincter preservation; staging; surgery

Indexed keywords

ANUS SPHINCTER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; EXCISION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CARCINOMA; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; METHODS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031053406     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19970215)79:4<671::AID-CNCR3>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Review

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