The multidisciplinary management of rectal cancer

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 311-313

  Nicholls, John ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; DRUG THERAPY; HUMANS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 42149179918     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2008.01525.x     Document Type: Editorial

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