Rectal cancer: How much radiotherapy do surgery patients need?;Strahlentherapie bei Rektumkarzinom: Wird zu Viel Bestrahlt?

Chirurg

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 266-273

  Ulrich, A ^a   Weitz, J ^a   Buchler M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circumferential margin; Multimodal therapy; Radiotherapy; Rectal cancer; Total mesorectal excision

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM; RECTUM TUMOR; SURVIVAL; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GERMANY; HUMANS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 67349094873     PISSN: 00094722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00104-008-1618-3     Document Type: Article

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