The contribution of follow-up programs in the reduction of mortality of rectal cancer recurrences

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 403-408

  Komborozos, Vassilios A ^a   Skrekas, George J ^a   Pissiotis, Christos A ^a,b  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Rectal cancer; Rectal cancer, follow up; Rectal cancer, recurrence; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBSTRUCTION; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEX; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035195793     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000050182     Document Type: Article

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