Advances in minimally invasive surgery in the treatment of colorectal cancer

Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 111-123

  Brown, Carl J ^a   Raval, Manoj J ^a  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Colorectal cancer; Education; Laparoscopy; Minimally invasive surgery; Outcomes; Rectal cancer; Survival; Transanal endoscopic microsurgery

Indexed keywords

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MICROSURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; COLORECTAL TUMOR; LAPAROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 38349007086     PISSN: 14737140     EISSN: 17448328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737140.8.1.111     Document Type: Review

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