Short-term preoperative radiotherapy is a safe approach for treatment of locally advanced rectal cancer

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-6

  Korkolis, D P ^a,b   Plataniotis, G D ^a   Gondikakis, E ^a   Xinopoulos, D ^a   Koulaxouzidis, G V ^a   Katsilieris, J ^a   Vassilopoulos, P P ^a  

^a SAINT SAVVAS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Saint Savvas Hospital ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Neoadjuvant treatment; Radiotherapy; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; RECURRENCE RISK; SAFETY; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWEDEN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; PROCTOSCOPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 29244469136     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-005-0740-7     Document Type: Article

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