Results of external beam radiotherapy alone for incompletely resected carcinoma of rectosigmoid or rectum: Peter Maccallum cancer institute experience 1981-1990

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 531-536

  Guiney, Michael J ^a   Smith, Jennifer G ^a   Worotniuk, Valentina ^a   Ngan, Sam ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Incompletely resected rectosigmoid or rectal cancer; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGMOID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032971838     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00440-4     Document Type: Article

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