Quality of life among five-year survivors after treatment for very low rectal cancer with or without a permanent abdominal stoma

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1099-1106

  Fucini, C ^a   Gattai, R ^a   Urena, C ^a   Bandettini, L ^a   Elbetti, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coloanal anastomosis; Quality of life; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL STOMA; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ABSCESS; AGED; ANUS DISEASE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ILEUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MUSCLE NECROSIS; ORGANIZATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST; RECTOCELE; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STENOSIS; STOMA; THROMBOEMBOLISM; URINE RETENTION; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; COLECTOMY; COLOSTOMY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL STOMAS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 40549136004     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-007-9748-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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