Optimal staging and treatment of localised rectal cancer

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2002, Pages 251-255

  Pahlman L ^a  

^a Department of Surgery   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANUS SURGERY; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EXCISION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM RESECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; X RAY;

EID: 0036433275     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdf667     Document Type: Article

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