Prognostic significance of depth of gross or microscopic perirectal fat invasion in T3 N0 M0 rectal cancers following sharp mesorectal excision and no adjuvant therapy

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 487-492

  Picon, Antonio I ^a   Moore, Harvey G ^a   Sternberg, Stephen S ^a   Minsky, Bruce D ^a   Paty, Philip B ^a   Blumberg, David ^a   Quan, Stuart H ^a   Wong, W Douglas ^a   Cohen, Alfred M ^a   Guillem, Jose G ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ajduvant radiation; Rectal neoplasm; Total mesorectal excision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; METASTASIS; MICROSCOPY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOLOGIST; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM RESECTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 10744230288     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-003-0504-1     Document Type: Article

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