Preoperative radiotherapy for rectal cancer

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1556-1557

  Marijnen, C A M ^a   Van De Velde, C J H ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECURRENT DISEASE; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SHORT SURVEY;

HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035209168     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0007-1323.2001.01986.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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