Rectal carcinosarcoma: A case report and review of literature

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1481-1484

  Tsekouras, Dimitrios Konstantinos ^a   Katsaragakis, Stylianos ^a   Theodorou, Dimitrios ^a   Kafiri, Georgia ^a   Archontovasilis, Fotis ^a   Giannopoulos, Panagiotis ^a   Drimousis, Panagiotis ^a   Bramis, John ^a  

^a Ippokration Hospital Thessaloniki   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carcinosarcoma; Rectum

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARCINOSARCOMA; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; DEATH; DEFECATION; DISEASE DURATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM BIOPSY; RECTUM CARCINOMA;

EID: 33645524700     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i9.1481     Document Type: Article

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