Effects of positive resection margin and tumor distance from anus on rectal cancer treatment outcomes

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 504-508

  Phang, P Terry ^a   MacFarlane, John K ^a   Taylor, Robert H ^a   Cheifetz, Rona E ^a   Davis, Noelle ^a   Hay, John H ^a   McGregor, Greg ^a   Speers, Caroline ^a   Sullivan, Barry J ^a   Pitts, Janet ^a   Coldman, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Rectal cancer; Resection margins; Tumor distance

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ANUS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGMOID NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036270772     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(02)00840-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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