Rectal cancer: ESMO Clinical Recommendations for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2009, Pages

  Glimelius, B ^a,b   Oliveira, J ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DE ONCOLOGIA DE LISBOA FRANCISCO GENTIL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOSCOPY; RECTUM BIOPSY; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM RESECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EUROPE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66749106758     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdp128     Document Type: Article

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