Pelvic wall involvement denotes a poor prognosis in T4 rectal cancer

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1676-1681

  Yiu, R ^a   Wong, S K ^a   Cromwell, J ^a   Madoff, R D ^a   Rothenberger, D A ^a   Garcia Aguilar, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Locally advanced; Pelvic wall; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; PELVIS; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM CANCER; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 0035205953     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02234389     Document Type: Article

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