Harm and benefits of short-term pre-operative radiotherapy in patients with resectable rectal carcinomas

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 520-526

  Bakx, R ^a   Emous, M ^a   Legemate, D A ^a   Zoetmulder, F A N ^b   van Tienhoven, G ^a   Bemelman, W A ^a   van Lanschot, J J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Harm and benefits; Pre operative radiotherapy; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SEPTICEMIA; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; SWEDEN; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

CARCINOMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646806116     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2006.02.023     Document Type: Article

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