Transanal excision of locally advanced rectal cancers downstaged using neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 194, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 584-590

  Schell, Scott R ^a,d   Zlotecki, Robert A ^c   Mendenhall, William M ^c   Marsh, Robert W ^b,d   Vauthey, J Nicolas ^f   Copeland III, Edward M ^a,e  

^a Surgery (Schell Copeland)   (United States)

^b Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (Schell)   (United States)

^c Radiation Therapy (Zlotecki Mendenhall)   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM RESECTION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0036251160     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(02)01128-6     Document Type: Article

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