Impact of preoperative staging and chemoradiation versus postoperative chemoradiation on outcome in patients with rectal cancer: A decision analysis

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 191-201

  Telford, Jennifer J ^a,d   Saltzman, John R ^a,d   Kuntz, Karen M ^c   Syngal, Sapna ^a,b,d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLOSTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXCISION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTUM CANCER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1342263573     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djh026     Document Type: Article

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