Peri-operative radiotherapy for rectal cancer: The case for a selective pre-operative approach - The third way

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 367-372

  Crawshaw, Ann ^a   Hennigan, T ^b   Smedley, F H ^b   Leslie, M D ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Local recurrence; Peri operative radiotherapy; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUOROURACIL;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ALGORITHMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0038639917     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-1318.2003.00446.x     Document Type: Review

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