Is intensive follow-up really able to improve prognosis of patients with local recurrence after curative surgery for rectal cancer?

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 32-37

  Secco, Giovanni B ^b   Fardelli, Roberto ^c   Rovida, Salvatore ^a   Gianquinto, Daniela ^c   Baldi, Eleonora ^c   Bonfante, Pierfrancesco ^c   Derchi, Lorenzo ^a   Ferraris, Romano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Intensive follow up; Local recurrence; Prognosis; Rectal cancer; Reoperation

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTUM CANCER; REOPERATION; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033980688     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10434-000-0032-y     Document Type: Article

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