Preoperative short-course radiotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer: The attitude on how to use radiotherapy in rectal cancer is changing

Onkologie

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 165-

  Påhlmann, Lars ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECTUM CANCER; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 43949106877     PISSN: 0378584X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000119729     Document Type: Editorial

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