Modern management of rectal cancer: A 2006 update

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 3186-3195

  Balch, Glen C ^a   De Meo, Alex ^a   Guillem, Joe G ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Local surgery; Rectal cancer; Review; Surgery; Total mesorectal excision

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 33745095869     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i20.3186     Document Type: Review

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