Radiotherapy in rectal cancer

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue , 2002, Pages 141-157

  Glimelius, Bengt ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANUS SPHINCTER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; EXCISION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036033495     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/64.1.141     Document Type: Review

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