Rectosigmoid cancer after radiotherapy for prostate cancer can be detected early and successfully treated

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 228-232

  Cho, K J ^a   Christie, D ^a,b  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b East Coast Cancer Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasm; Proctopathy; Prostate neoplasm; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLON CANCER; COLON HEMORRHAGE; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTITIS; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTOSIGMOID CANCER; REVIEW;

AGED; DOSE FRACTIONATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SIGMOID NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744752172     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2006.01567.x     Document Type: Review

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