Rectal cancer multidisciplinary management: Evidences and future landscape

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 145-147

  Sebag Montefiore, David ^a   Bujko, Krzysztof ^b   Valentini, Vincenzo ^c  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EDITORIAL; EXCISION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67650970451     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.06.026     Document Type: Editorial

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