Delayed rectovaginal fistula: A potential complication of Bevacizumab (Avastin)

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 930-

  Ley, Eric J ^a   Vukasin, Petar ^a   Kaiser, Andreas M ^a   Ault, Glenn ^a   Beart Jr , Robert W ^a  

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Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER METASTASIS; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECURRENT CANCER;

AGED; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34249879236     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-007-0231-8     Document Type: Letter

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