Rectal cancer and inguinal metastases: Prognostic role and therapeutic indications

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1464-1466

  Tocchi, Adriano ^a,b   Lepre, Luca ^a   Costa, Gianluca ^a   Liotta, Gianluca ^a   Mazzoni, Gianluca ^a   Agostini, Nicola ^a   Miccini, Michelangelo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Inguinal metastases; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM CARCINOMA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032713180     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02235048     Document Type: Article

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