ACR Appropriateness Criteria® on Treatment of Anal Cancer

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 448-456

  Poggi, Matthew M ^a   Suh, W Warren ^b   Saltz, Leonard ^c,d   Konski, Andre A ^e   Mohiuddin, Mohammed ^f   Herman, Joseph ^g   Johnstone, Peter A ^h  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY   (United States)

^e FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal; carcinoma; chemotherapy; radiation

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANUS CANCER; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION DOSE; SALVAGE THERAPY;

EID: 34250841748     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2007.03.026     Document Type: Article

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