The short-term effect of neoadjuvant chemoradiation on anorectal function in low and midrectal cancer: Analysis using preoperative manometric data

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 445-449

  Jang, Na Young ^a   Han, Tae Jin ^b   Kang, Sung Bum ^a   Kim, Duck Woo ^a   Kim, In Ah ^a   Kim, Jae Sung ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anorectal manometry; Chemoradiation; Neoadjuvant; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

CAPECITABINE; CETUXIMAB; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; IRINOTECAN; OXALIPLATIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SPHINCTER; TENESMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; ADENOCARCINOMA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECTUM TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951884382     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/dcr.0b013e3181c38905     Document Type: Article

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