Complete pathologic response after preoperative rectal cancer chemoradiotherapy

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 481-484

  Ciccocioppo, Anthony ^a   Stephens, Jacqueline H ^a   Hewett, Peter J ^a,b   Rieger, Nicholas A ^a,b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adjuvant chemotherapy; Adjuvant radiotherapy; Rectal neoplasm; Recurrence; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTITIS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PROCTITIS; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650613918     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2009.04950.x     Document Type: Article

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