Neoadjuvant chemoradiation and local excision for T2-3 rectal cancer

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 712-720

  Borschitz, Thomas ^a   Wachtlin, Daniel ^b   Möhler, Markus ^a   Schmidberger, Heinz ^a   Junginger, Theodor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Local excision; Neoadjuvant chemoradiation; Rectal cancer; Tumor response

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ENDOSCOPIC MICROSURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 39149137837     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-007-9732-x     Document Type: Article

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