Surgical issues in rectal cancer: A 2004 update

Clinical Colorectal Cancer

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 233-240

  Chessin, David B ^a   Guillem, Jose G ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nerve preservation; Circumferential resection margin; Combined modality therapy; Endorectal ultrasound; Radiation therapy; Total mesorectal excision

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADVANCED CANCER; ANUS SPHINCTER; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; REVIEW; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 10944263639     PISSN: 15330028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3816/CCC.2004.n.022     Document Type: Review

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