Multicentre prospective audit of surgical outcomes and acute complications following short course pre-operative radiotherapy for resectable rectal cancer

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-46

  Giridharan, S ^a   Vakkalanka, B ^a   Anwar, M S ^a   Geh, J I ^a   Glaholm, J ^a   Churn, M ^b   Adab, F ^c   Grieve, R ^d   McConkey, C ^e   Hartley, Andrew ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d WALSGRAVE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute complications; Audit; Pre operative radiotherapy; Resectable rectal cancer; Surgical outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER CENTER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMONIA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION FIELD; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASCULAR DISEASE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADENOCARCINOMA; AGE FACTORS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13844276626     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2004.00703.x     Document Type: Article

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