Preoperative radio-chemo-thermotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer - A phase II study;Phase-II-studie zur praoperativen radio-chemo-thermotherapie beim lokal fortgeschrittenen rektum-karzinom

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 174, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 556-565

  Rau, Beate ^a   Wust, Peter ^a,b   Gellermann, Johanna ^a   Tilly, Wolfgang ^a   Hünerbein, Michael ^a   Löffel, Jürgen ^a   Stahl, Holger ^a   Riess, Hanno ^a   Budach, Volker ^a   Felix, Roland ^a   Schlag, Peter ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Advanced rectal cancer; Preoperative radio chemotherapy; Regional hyperthermia; Response

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIMETABOLITE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; RECTUM CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM TUMOR; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; LEUCOVORIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031597412     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03038292     Document Type: Article

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