Elective groin irradiation is not indicated for patients with adenocarcinoma of the rectum extending to the anal canal

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 741-747

  Taylor, Noah ^a   Crane, Christopher ^a   Skibber, John ^a   Feig, Barry ^a   Ellis, Lee ^a   Vauthey, Jean Nicholas ^a   Hamilton, Stanley ^a   Cleary, Karen ^a   Dubrow, Ronelle ^a   Brown, Thomas ^a   Wolff, Robert ^a   Hoff, Paulo ^a   Sanfilippo, Nicholas ^b   Janjan, Nora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal canal; Chemoradiation; Inguinal nodes; Lymphatic metastases; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

DRUG INFUSION; IRRADIATION; PATIENT TREATMENT;

RECTAL CANCER;

ONCOLOGY;

FLUOROURACIL;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ANUS CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; INGUINAL REGION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANUS NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROIN; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035501208     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)01687-X     Document Type: Article

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