Watch and wait policy remains experimental for the management of rectal cancer

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 833-833

  Dos Santos, L V ^a   Dos Anjos Jacome A A ^a   Carcano F M ^a   Da Silveira Nogueira Lima, J P ^a   Serrano, S V ^a  

^a BARRETOS CANCER HOSPITAL   (Brazil)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROPYRIMIDINE;

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LETTER; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM CANCER;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; POLICY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 77954777401     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2010.02332.x     Document Type: Letter

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