Late adverse effects of short-course preoperative radiotherapy in rectal cancer

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1519-1525

  Pollack, J ^a   Holm, T ^b   Cedermark, B ^b   Altman, D ^a   Holmstrom B ^a   Glimelius, B ^c   Mellgren, A ^a,d  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Radiumhemmet   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMPAIRED BLADDER EMPTYING; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PELVIS FRACTURE; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 33845418960     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.5525     Document Type: Article

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