Pre-operative radiotherapy for rectal carcinoma? Has the case really been made for short course pre-operative radiotherapy if surgical standards for rectal carcinoma are optimal?

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 10-14

  Hermanek, P ^a   Heald, R J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b NORTH HAMPSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pre operative radiotherapy; Rectal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECTUM SURGERY; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

CLINICAL TRIALS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1042292633     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2004.00569.x     Document Type: Review

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