A study into external rectal anatomy: Improving patient selection for radiotherapy for rectal cancer

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-90

  Memon, Sameer ^a   Keating, John P ^a   Cooke, Hugh S ^b   Dennett, Elizabeth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b HUTT HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Radiotherapy; Rectal cancer; Rectum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON TENIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITHOTOMY POSITION; MALE; MESENTERY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; RECTUM CANCER; ANTHROPOMETRY; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM; RECTUM TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM;

EID: 64049102339     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e3181973a91     Document Type: Article

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