Is the increasing role of Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery in curation for T1 rectal cancer justified? A systematic review

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 343-353

  Doornebosch, Pascal G ^a   Tollenaar, Rob A E M ^a   De Graaf, Eelco J R ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b IJSSELLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOSTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EXCISION; HUMAN; MAJOR SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM CARCINOMA; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; RECTUM TUMOR;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 65349147091     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860802342408     Document Type: Review

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