Anus-preservation treatment for anal cancer: Retrospective analysis at a single institution

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 374-380

  Chen, Y Wei ^a   Yen, Sang Hue ^a   Chen, Sheng Yu ^a   Huang, Pin I ^a   Shiau, Cheng Ying ^a   Liu, Yu Ming ^a   Lin, Jen Kou ^a   Wang, Ling Wei ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anal cancer; Chemoradiotherapy; Complication; Curative therapy

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; MITOMYCIN C; UFT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANUS CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DESQUAMATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; SKIN TOXICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ANUS NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34948822776     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20747     Document Type: Article

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