The relationship of pathologic tumor regression grade (TRG) and outcomes after preoperative therapy in rectal cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 752-760

  Vecchio, Fabio Maria ^a   Valentini, Vincenzo ^a,c   Minsky, Bruce D ^b   Padula, Gilbert D A ^b   Venkatraman, Ennapadam S ^b   Balducci, Mario ^a   Miccichè, Francesco ^a   Ricci, Riccardo ^a   Morganti, Alessio Giuseppe ^a   Gambacorta, Maria Antonietta ^a   Maurizi, Francesca ^a   Coco, Claudio ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c Istituto di Radiologia di Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Roma   (Italy)

Author keywords

Neoadjuvant chemoradiation; Prognostic factors; Rectal neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CHEMOTHERAPY; CYTOLOGY; DISEASES; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

ANORECTAL RINGS; NECROSIS; PRETREATMENT REFERENCE INDEX; TUMOR REGRESSION GRADE (TRG);

PATHOLOGY;

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN; RALTITREXED;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CARCINOMA; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR REGRESSION;

EID: 20344373122     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.11.017     Document Type: Article

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