Conservative alternatives to radical surgery for favorable rectal cancers

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 605-609

  Myerson, R J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Combined modality therapy; Radiotherapy; Rectal neoplasms; Surgery

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; RECTUM TUMOR; REVIEW;

HUMANS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035468347     PISSN: 2239253X     EISSN: 2239253X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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