Sphincter preservation of leiomyosarcoma of the rectum and anus with local excision and brachytherapy

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1296-1299

  Grann, Alison ^a   Paty, Philip B ^a   Guillem, Jose G ^a   Cohen, Alfred M ^a   Minsky, Bruce D ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Leiomyosarcoma; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192;

ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL DISEASE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ANUS TUMOR; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; PRESERVATION; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM TUMOR; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANAL CANAL; ANUS NEOPLASMS; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0032832240     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02234218     Document Type: Article

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