Major 20th-century advancements in the management of rectal cancer

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 563-578

  Ruo, Leyo ^a,b   Guillem, Jose G ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Societe canadienne du cancer   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER STAGING; HISTORY; HUMAN; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM TUMOR; REVIEW;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033126901     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02234129     Document Type: Article

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