The role of radiotherapy in rectal cancer

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 943-952

  Marijnen, C A M ^a   Glimelius, B ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Radiotherapy; Randomised trials; Rectal carcinoma; Review

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE CALCULATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION SICKNESS; RANDOMIZATION; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SPHINCTER; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036230220     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(02)00047-3     Document Type: Article

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