Almost all five year disease free survivors are cured following rectal cancer surgery, but longer term follow-up detects some late local and systemic recurrences

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 403-405

  Moore, E ^a   Heald, R J ^a   Cecil, T D ^a   Sharpe, G D ^b   Sexton, R ^a   Moran, Brendan J ^a  

^a NORTH HAMPSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Follow up; Prolonged; Rectum; Recurrence; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM CANCER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 21244492372     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2005.00791.x     Document Type: Article

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