Perforated rectal cancer associated with neoadjuvant radiotherapy: Report of four cases

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1629-1632

  Lee, J ^a,b   Chen, F ^a   Steel, M ^a   Keck, J ^a   Mackay, J ^a  

^a BOX HILL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b BoxHill Public Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUOROURACIL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; ILEOSTOMY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS ABSCESS; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM PERFORATION;

AGED; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33751259913     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-006-0687-y     Document Type: Article

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