Improved overall survival for patients with rectal cancer since 1990: The effects of TME surgery and pre-operative radiotherapy

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1710-1716

  den Dulk, Marcel ^a   Krijnen, Pieta ^b   Marijnen, Corrie A M ^c   Rutten, Harm J ^d   van de Poll Franse, Lonneke V ^e   Putter, Hein ^a   Meershoek Klein Kranenbarg, Elma ^a   Jansen Landheer, Marlies L E A ^b   Coebergh, Jan Willem W ^e,f   van de Velde, Cornelis J H ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Integraal Kankercentrum West   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e Eindhoven Cancer Registry   (Netherlands)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(neo)Adjuvant treatment; Overall survival; Quality assurance; Rectal cancer; Total mesorectal excision (TME); Training

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM RESECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TOTAL MESORECTAL EXCISION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48449101049     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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