Functional results after radiochemotherapy and total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 903-910

  Coco, C ^a   Valentini, V ^a   Manno, Alberto ^a,b   Rizzo, G ^a   Gambacorta, M A ^a   Mattana, C ^a   Verbo, A ^a   Picciocchi, A ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anorectal function; Radiochemotherapy; Rectal cancer; TME

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C; RALTITREXED;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; DEFECATION DISORDER; DEFECATION URGENCY; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM RESECTION; TOTAL MESORECTAL EXCISION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGED; ANAL CANAL; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COLONIC POUCHES; DEFECATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FLATULENCE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250727026     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-007-0276-0     Document Type: Article

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