Epidermoid carcinoma of the anal canal

Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 263-270

  van der Wal, Bart C H ^a   Cleffken, Berry I ^a   Bulent, Gulec ^a   Kaufman, Howard S ^a   Choti, Michael A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloacogenic carcinoma; Epidermoid cancer; Squamous cell cancer

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C;

ANUS CARCINOMA; BLEEDING; BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOSTOMY; DRUG EFFICACY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEUTROPENIA; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM BIOPSY; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036870001     PISSN: 15310043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-36508     Document Type: Review

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