Treatment of T4 tumours: The role of radiotherapy

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 432-435

  Sebag Montefiore, David ^a  

^a Northern and Yorkshire Clinical Trials and Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Radiotherapy; Rectal cancer; T4 tumour

Indexed keywords

FLUOROPYRIMIDINE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; IRINOTECAN; METHOTREXATE; OXALIPLATIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EXCISION; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CODING; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM RESECTION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0042829338     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-1318.2003.00522.x     Document Type: Article

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