Preoperative chemotherapy and pelvic radiation for tethered or fixed rectal cancer: A phase II dose escalation study

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 843-856

  Chan, Alexander K P ^a,b   Wong, Alfred O ^a   Langevin, James ^a   Jenken, Daryl ^a   Heine, John ^a   Buie, Donald ^a   Johnson, Douglas R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dose escalation; Postoperative chemotherapy; Preoperative radiation; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMAN; LEUCOVORIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MITOMYCIN; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034307087     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00692-1     Document Type: Article

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