Distal margin requirements after preoperative chemoradiotherapy for distal rectal carcinomas: Are ≤ 1 cm distal margins sufficient?

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 163-169

  Kuvshinoff, B ^a   Maghfoor, I ^a   Miedema, B ^a   Bryer, M ^a   Westgate, S ^a   Wilkes, J ^a   Ota, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Distal margins; Radiation therapy; Rectal cancer; Sphincter preservation

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECTUM SURGERY; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0035095496     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/aso.2001.8.2.163     Document Type: Article

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