Negative influence of delayed surgery on survival after preoperative radiotherapy in rectal cancer

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 430-435

  Supiot, Stéphane ^a   Bennouna, J ^a   Rio, E ^a   Meurette, G ^b   Bardet, E ^a   Buecher, B ^b   Dravet, F ^a   Le Neel, J C ^b   Douillard, J Y ^a   Mahe M A ^a   Lehur, P A ^b  

^a CENTRE RENÉ GAUDUCHEAU   (France)

^b NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Diagnosis; Downstagging; Prognostic factors; Time interval

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; THERAPY DELAY;

AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646421402     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2006.00990.x     Document Type: Article

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