Retrospective study of acute toxicity following short-course preoperative radiotherapy

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 889-895

  Hartley, A ^a   Giridharan, S ^a   Gray, L ^b   Billingham, L ^b   Ismail, T ^a   Geh, J I ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RISK FACTOR; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036063073     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.2002.02136.x     Document Type: Article

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