Missing evidence for the adequacy of a 1-cm distal margin in resected rectal cancer [3]

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 823-824

  Smidt, Marjolein L ^a   Wegdam, Johannes A ^a   Bremers, Andre J A ^a   Bleichrodt, Robert P ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LETTER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; RECTUM TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TELEPHONE; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; CANCER STAGING; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CAMPTOTHECIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; IRINOTECAN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CAMPTOTHECIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0642372559     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2003.05.924     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Moore HG, Riedel E, Minsky BD, et al. Adequacy of 1-cm distal margin after restorative rectal cancer resection with sharp mesorectal excision and preoperative combined-modality therapy. Ann Surg Oncol 2003;10:80-5.
2. Ahmad NR, Nagle D. Long-term results of preoperative radiation therapy alone for stage T3 and T4 rectal cancer. Br J Surg 1997;84:1445-8.