Prospective audit following the introduction of short-course preoperative radiotherapy for rectal cancer

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 97-99

  Lele, S ^a   Radstone, D ^a,b   Eremin, J ^a,c   Kendal, R ^a   Hosie, K B ^a,d  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTON PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LINCOLN COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033989527     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.2000.01301.x     Document Type: Article

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