The expression of epidermal growth factor receptor results in a worse prognosis for patients with rectal cancer treated with preoperative radiotherapy: A multicenter, retrospective analysis

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 101-108

  Giralt, Jordi ^a   De Las Heras, Manuel ^b   Cerezo, Laura ^c   Eraso, Aranzazu ^a   Hermosilla, Edurado ^a   Velez, Dolores ^c   Lujan, Juan ^b   Espin, Eloi ^a   Rossello, Jose ^a   Majó, Joaquin ^a   Benavente, Sergi ^a   Armengol, Manel ^a   De Torres, I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

EGFR; Prognosis; Radiotherapy; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PELVIS; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECTUM BIOPSY; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20044383380     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2004.12.021     Document Type: Article

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