Is pre-operative radiotherapy necessary in T1-T3 rectal cancer with TME?

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-36

  MacKay, Graham ^a   Downey, M ^a   Molloy, R G ^b   O'Dwyer, P J ^a  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Radiotherapy; Rectal; Recurrence; TME

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644851111     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2005.00866.x     Document Type: Article

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