The rational principles of neo-adjuvant therapy for rectal cancer

Acta Biomedica de l'Ateneo Parmense

Volumn 74, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages 96-102

  Tonelli, Francesco ^a   Asteria, Corrado R ^a   Marcucci, Tommaso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Neo adjuvant therapy; Rectal cancer; Targets of procedure

Indexed keywords

5 ETHYNYLURACIL; CAPECITABINE; IRINOTECAN; OXOPLATIN; RALTITREXED;

ANUS SPHINCTER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CELL DIVISION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSE RESPONSE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECTUM CANCER; STANDARD; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; HUMANS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1542740537     PISSN: 03924203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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