Evaluation of the management of rectal cancers before and after the consensus conference in France

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1003-1009

  Phelip, Jean Marc ^a,g   Milan, Chantal ^a   Herbert, Catherine ^b   Grosclaude, Pascale ^c   Arveux, Patrick ^d   Raverdy, Nicole ^e   Daures, Jean Pierre ^f   Faivre, Jean ^a  

^a Registre Digestif de la Côte d'Or et de la Saône et Loire   (France)

^b Calvados Digestive Cancer Registry   (France)

^c Registre des Cancers du Tarn   (France)

^d Doubs Cancer Registry   (France)

^e Somme Cancer Registry   (France)

^f Centre Epidaure   (France)

^g GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Consensus conference; Management; Population based study; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; LEVAMISOLE;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; COLONOSCOPY; CONSENSUS; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIDE EFFECT;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COLONOSCOPY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 6944234922     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200410000-00009     Document Type: Article

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