Is survival reduced for patients with anal cancer requiring surgery after failure of radiation? Analysis from a population study over two decades

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-168

  Kiran, Ravi P ^a   Pokala, Naveen ^b   Rottoli, Matteo ^a   Fazio, Victor W ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAL CANAL; ANUS CANCER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM RESECTION; SALVAGE THERAPY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGED; ANUS TUMOR; CANCER REGISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65249092575     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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