Practical issues in adjuvant therapy for rectal cancer

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-168

  Tjandra, Joe J ^b   Gibbs, P ^a   Chao, M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Local recurrence; Neoadjuvant; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUOROURACIL;

ANUS SPHINCTER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; FISTULA; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION ENTEROPATHY; RADIATION INJURY; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW; SECOND CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0038158083     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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