Modified neoadjuvant short-course radiation therapy in uT3 rectal carcinoma: Low local recurrence rate with unchanged overall survival and frequent morbidity

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 109-117

  Kube, Rainer ^a,c   Ptok, Henry ^a,b   Jacob, David ^a,b   Fahlke, Jörg ^a,c   Mroczkowski, Pawel ^a,c   Lippert, Hans ^a,c   Ziegenhardt, Gunther ^b   Schmidt, Uwe ^d   Gastinger, Ingo ^a,b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CARL THIEM KLINIKUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

^d StatConsult GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Long term outcome; Peri operative complications; Rectal carcinoma; Short course radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECURRENCE RISK; SHORT COURSE THERAPY;

AGED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 72349090818     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-009-0823-y     Document Type: Article

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