Resection margins in modern rectal cancer surgery

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 611-615

  Wasserberg, Nir ^a   Gutman, Haim ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Circumferential margin; Rectal cancer; Resection margin

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; RECURRENT CANCER; SPHINCTER; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ANAL CANAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DISSECTION; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58149242762     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21036     Document Type: Article

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