Is abdominoperineal resection a good option for stage IV adenocarcinoma of the distal rectum?

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-7

  Chu, Quyen D ^a   Davidson, Robert S ^a   Rodriguez Bigas, Miguel A ^a   Wirtzfeld, Debrah A ^a   Petrelli, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominoperineal resection; Cancer; Colon; Rectum

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILIRUBIN;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; PANCREATITIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036731812     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.10135     Document Type: Article

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