Complete pathologic response following preoperative chemoradiation therapy for middle to lower rectal cancer is not a prognostic factor for a better outcome

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1798-1807

  Pucciarelli, Salvatore ^a,c   Toppan, Paola ^a   Friso, Maria Luisa ^b   Russo, Valentina ^a   Pasetto, Lara ^b   Urso, Emanuele ^a   Marino, Filippo ^a   Ambrosi, Alessandro ^a   Lise, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Clinica Chirurgica II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adjuvant therapy; Chemotherapy; Pathologic complete response; Radiotherapy; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; OXALIPLATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM CANCER; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR REGRESSION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARBOPLATIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; LEUCOVORIN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; ORGANOPLATINUM COMPOUNDS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11244341233     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-0681-1     Document Type: Article

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