Preoperative radiotherapy (RT) for rectal cancer: Predictive factors of tumor downstaging and residual tumor cell density (RTCD): prognostic implications

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 619-627

  Berger, Christine ^a,c   De Muret, Anne ^b   Garaud, Pascal ^a   Chapet, Sophie ^a   Bourlier, Pascal ^b   Reynaud Bougnoux, Agnès ^a   Dorval, Etienne ^b   De Calan, Loïc ^b   Huten, Noël ^b   Le Floch, Olivier ^a   Calais, Gilles ^a  

^a CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

^b SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

^c INSTITUT SAINTE CATHERINE   (France)

Author keywords

Preoperative radiotherapy; Prognostic factors; Rectal carcinoma; Tumor downstaging; Tumor sterilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM CARCINOMA; TUMOR CELL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 17344383769     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)00577-9     Document Type: Article

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