Extended perineal resection of distal rectal cancers: Surgical advance, increased utilization of neoadjuvant therapies, proper patient selection or all of the above?

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 3481-3482

  Guillem, José G ^a   Minsky, Bruce D ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL;

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM PERFORATION; RECURRENT CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; RECTUM TUMOR;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; PATIENT SELECTION; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 49049094675     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2007.15.6646     Document Type: Editorial

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