Chemoradiation for rectal cancer: Current methods

Seminars in Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 114-119

  Barrett, Michael W ^a  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anus; Clinical trials; Combined antineoplastic agents; Combined modality therapy; Local neoplasm recurrence; Microsurgery; Neoplasm metastasis; Neoplasm staging; Postoperative complications; Rectal neoplasms surgery pathology radiography radionuclide imaging; Rectum; Survival rate; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; SEMUSTINE; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; META ANALYSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANAL CANAL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031842437     PISSN: 87560437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2388(199809)15:2<114::AID-SSU8>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Review

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