Is there a standard adjuvant treatment for rectal cancer?

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1827-1830

  Tveit, K M ^a   Nordlinger, B ^a   Penna, C ^a   Schmoll, H J ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; SEMUSTINE; VINCRISTINE;

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; NOTE; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM CARCINOMA; STANDARD; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0031727699     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(98)00257-3     Document Type: Article

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