Conservative Alternatives to Extirpative Surgery for Rectal Cancer

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 682-686

  Myerson, R J ^a   Hunt, S R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact therapy; endocavitary radiotherapy; radiation therapy; rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; RECURRENCE RISK; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

BRACHYTHERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROCTOSCOPY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34748893570     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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