Chemo-radiotherapy: An alternative to surgery for squamous cell carcinoma of the rectum - Report of six patients and literature review

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-197

  Rasheed, S ^a   Yap, T ^a   Zia, A ^a   Mcdonald, P J ^a   Glynne Jones, Rob ^b,c  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MOUNT VERNON CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basaloid; Chemo radiotherapy; Cloacagenic; Epidermoid; Rectal cancer; Squamous cell

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CISPLATIN; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; RADIOTHERAPY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58449094086     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2008.01560.x     Document Type: Article

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