Saving the sphincter in rectal cancer: Are we prepared to change practice?

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 302-308

  Wallace, Marina H ^a   Glynne Jones, R ^b  

^a WATFORD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Mount Cancer Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anorectal function; Chemo radiotherapy; Local excision; Preoperative radiotherapy; Rectal adenocarcinoma; Sphincter saving surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUOROURACIL;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ANUS SPHINCTER; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; ILEUS; PELVIS ABSCESS; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANAL CANAL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FECAL INCONTINENCE; HUMANS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34147094074     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2006.01108.x     Document Type: Review

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