High-dose preoperative radiation and the challenge of sphincter- preservation surgery for cancer of the distal 2 cm of the rectum

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 569-574

  Mohiuddin, Mohammed ^a,c   Regine, William F ^a   Marks, Gerald J ^b   Marks, John W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer of the rectum; Preoperative radiation; Sphincter preservation; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLOSTOMY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; STAPLER; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAL CANAL; COLOSTOMY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032006959     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00842-0     Document Type: Article

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