Complete response to neoadjuvant chemoradiation for rectal cancer does not influence survival

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 801-806

  Onaitis, Mark W ^a   Noone, Robert B ^a   Fields, Ryan ^a   Hurwitz, Herbert ^a   Morse, Michael ^a   Jowell, Paul ^a   McGrath, Kevin ^a   Lee, Catherine ^a   Anscher, Mitchell S ^a   Clary, Bryan ^a   Mantyh, Christopher ^a   Pappas, Theodore N ^a   Ludwig, Kirk ^a   Seigler, Hilliard F ^a   Tyler, Douglas S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complete response; Neoadjuvant chemoradiation; Rectal cancer; Total mesorectal excision

Indexed keywords

5 ETHYNYLURACIL; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG INFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE TABLE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECTOSCOPY; RECTUM CANCER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CISPLATIN; COLECTOMY; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 18244396398     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/aso.2001.8.10.801     Document Type: Article

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