Assessing the predictive value of clinical complete response to neoadjuvant therapy for rectal cancer: An analysis of 488 patients

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 131-135

  Hiotis, Spiros P ^a   Weber, Sharon M ^a   Cohen, Alfred M ^b   Minsky, Bruce D ^a   Paty, Phillip B ^a   Guillem, Jose G ^a   Wagman, Raquel ^a   Saltz, Leonard B ^a   Wong, W Douglas ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOSCOPY; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0036161040     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(01)01159-0     Document Type: Article

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