A nationwide audit of the use of radiotherapy for rectal cancer in Italy

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 229-235

  Gagliardi, G ^a,w   Pucciarelli, S ^b   Asteria, C R ^c   Infantino, A ^d   Romano, G ^e   Cola, B ^f   De Nardi, P ^g   Brulatti, M ^h   Lambertini, M ⁱ   Contessini Avesani, E ^j   Casula, G ^k   Coco, C ^l   D'Amico, D ^b   Selvaggi, F F ^m   Eccher, C ⁿ   D'Ambrosio, G ^o   Galeotti, F ^p   Jovine, E ^q   Demma, I ^r   Fianchini, A ^s   Ambrosino, G ^t   Casentino, L M ^u   Fiorino, M ^v   more..

^a Ars Medica Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c CARLO POMA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d S Maria dei Battuti Hospital   (Italy)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^h BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ SAN SALVATORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j IRCCS   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^l CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^m SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

ⁿ SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^o Civic Hospital   (Italy)

^p Civic Hospital   (Italy)

^q MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^r NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE GIOVANNI PAOLO II   (Italy)

^s UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^t SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^u SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^v Italian Society of Colo Rectal Surgery   (Italy)

^w TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Adjuvant radiotherapy; Disparities; Neoadjuvant radiotherapy; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; ODDS RATIO; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956974882     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-010-0597-9     Document Type: Article

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