External beam radiation treatment for rectal cancer is associated with a decrease in subsequent prostate cancer diagnosis

Cancer

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 943-949

  Hoffman, Karen E ^a,b   Hong, Theodore S ^b   Zietman, Anthony L ^b   Russell, Anthony H ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Prostatic cancer; Radiotherapy; Rectal cancer; Second primary cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39049126686     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23241     Document Type: Article

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