Preoperative chemoradiation of locally advanced T3 rectal cancer combined with an endorectal boost

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 461-465

  Jakobsen, Anders ^a,b   Mortensen, John P ^a   Bisgaard, Claus ^a   Lindebjerg, Jan ^a   Hansen, Johnny W ^a   Rafaelsen, Søren R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Concurrent radiation; Rectal adenocarcinoma

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CHEMORADIATION; CONCURRENT RADIATION; RECTAL ADENOCARCINOMA;

ONCOLOGY;

FOLINIC ACID; TEGAFUR; URACIL;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM CARCINOMA; REOPERATION; STOMATITIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REMISSION INDUCTION; TEGAFUR;

EID: 30544446264     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.07.969     Document Type: Article

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