Prognostic implications of downstaging following preoperative radiation therapy for operable T3-T4 rectal cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 935-941

  Kaminsky Forrett, Marie Christine ^a   Conroy, Thierry ^a   Luporsi, Elisabeth ^a   Peiffert, Didier ^a   Lapeyre, Michel ^a   Boissel, Patrick ^b   Guillemin, Francois ^b   Bey, Pierre ^a  

^a CENTRE ALEXIS VAUTRIN   (France)

^b CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

Author keywords

Downstaging; Preoperative radiotherapy; Prognostic factors; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032411734     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00345-9     Document Type: Article

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