The bottom line: Outcomes after conservation treatment in anal cancer

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 46-51

  Dwyer, M K ^a   Gebski, V J ^a,b   Jayamohan, J ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anal cancer; Chemoradiation; Sphincter conservation; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANUS CANCER; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELAPSE; SEPSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ANUS NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646015049     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2005.01546.x     Document Type: Article

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