Assessing the evidence for an association between circumferential tumour clearance and local recurrence after resection of rectal cancer

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 112-121

  Dent, Owen F ^a,b   Haboubi, N ^c,d,e   Chapuis, P H ^a,b   Chan, C ^a   Lin, B P C ^a,b   Wong, S K C ^f,g   Bokey, E L ^a,b  

^a ANZAC Research Institute   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Circumferential margin; Rectal cancer; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER STAGING; CIRCUMFERENTIAL RESECTION MARGIN INVOLVEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; PEER REVIEW; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECTUM CANCER; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33846306286     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2006.01129.x     Document Type: Article

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