Outcomes of patients receiving radiation for carcinoma of the rectum: Results of the 1988-1989 patterns of care study

Cancer

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1952-1958

  Coia, Lawrence R ^a   Gunderson, Leonard L ^b   Haller, Daniel ^c   Hoffman, John ^d   Mohiuddin, Mohammed ^e   Tepper, Joel E ^f   Berkey, Brian ^g   Owen, Jean B ^g   Hanks, Gerald E ^d  

^a Rutgers Health Community Medical Center   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjuvant treatment; Patterns of Care Study; Postoperative chemoradiation; Postoperative radiation; Preoperative radiation; Rectal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033571263     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19991115)86:10<1952::AID-CNCR11>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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