Preoperative radiochemotherapy in rectal cancer: Long-term results of a phase II trial

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 323-327

  Bosset, Jean François ^a   Magnin, Valérie ^a   Maingon, Philippe ^b   Mantion, Georges ^a   Pelissier, Edouard P ^a   Mercier, Mariette ^a   Chaillard, Gaelle ^a   Horiot, Jean Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^b CENTRE GEORGES FRANÇOIS LECLERC   (France)

Author keywords

Adjuvant treatment; Combined modality therapy; Preoperative radiotherapy; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUCOVORIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033984573     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00411-3     Document Type: Article

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