How important is peritoneal involvement in rectal cancer? A prospective study of 331 cases

Histopathology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 671-679

  Mitchard, John R ^a   Love, Sharon B ^b   Baxter, Karol J ^a   Shepherd, Neil A ^a,c  

^a CHELTENHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circumferential margin; Locoregional recurrence; Peritoneal involvement; Prognosis; Rectal cancer; Vascular invasion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PERITONEUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78449280679     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2010.03687.x     Document Type: Article

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