Impact of neoadjuvant therapy on postoperative complications in patients undergoing resection for rectal adenocarcinoma

American Surgeon

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1045-1049

  Turner, Immanuel I ^a   Russell, Gregory B ^a   Blackstock, A William ^a   Levine, Edward A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECTUM TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; COLECTOMY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13844316809     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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