The use of preoperative radiotherapy in the management of patients with clinically resectable rectal cancer: A practice guideline

BMC Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Figueredo, Alvaro ^a   Zuraw, Lisa ^a   Wong, Rebecca K S ^b   Agboola, Olusegun ^c   Rumble, R Bryan ^a   Tandan, Ved ^a   Maroun, J ^d   Cummings, B ^d   Citron, M ^d   DeNardi, F G ^d   Earle, C ^d   Fine, S ^d   Fisher, B ^d   Germond, C ^d   Jonker, D ^d   Khoo, K ^d   Kocha, W ^d   Lethbridge, M ^d   Lofthers, W ^d   Malthaner, R ^d   Moore, M ^d   more..

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; POSTAL MAIL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS REVIEW ORGANIZATION; RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; MORTALITY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECTUM TUMOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 4243091741     PISSN: 17417015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-1-1     Document Type: Review

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