Quality of life, anorectal and sexual functions after preoperative radiotherapy for rectal cancer: Report of a randomised trial

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 217-225

  Pietrzak, Lucyna ^a   Bujko, Krzysztof ^a   Nowacki, Marek P ^a   Kepka, Lucyna ^a   Oledzki, Janusz ^a   Rutkowski, Andrzej ^a   Szmeja, Jacek ^b   Kladny, Jozef ^c   Dymecki, Dariusz ^d   Wieczorek, Andrzej ^e   Pawlak, Mariusz ^f   Lesniak, Tadeusz ^g   Kowalska, Teresa ^h   Richter, Piotr ⁱ  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^e HOLYCROSS CANCER CENTER   (Poland)

^f Regional Oncological Centre   (Poland)

^g Centre of Oncology   (Poland)

^h INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

ⁱ JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Preoperative radiotherapy; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE CORE 30 ITEMS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM CANCER; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34548384419     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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