Combined endoscopic laser and radiotherapy palliation of advanced rectal cancer

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 95-99

  Chapuis, P H ^a   Yuile, P ^a   Dent, O F ^c   Sinclair, G ^a   Low, L ^b   Aggarwal, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advanced rectal cancer; Endoscopy; Laser; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECURRENCE RISK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALLIATIVE CARE; PROCTOSCOPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036181501     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2002.02316.x     Document Type: Article

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