Survival of patients with untreated rectal cancer

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 157-161

  Solum, A Melissa ^a   Riffenburgh, Robert H ^a   Johnstone, Peter A S ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuarial analysis; Historical data; Natural history; Rectal carcinoma; Rectal neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE AT PRESENTATION; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 4444374590     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20104     Document Type: Review

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