The use of pelvic radiation in stage II rectal cancer: A population-based analysis

American Surgeon

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1092-1095

  Kuo, Isabella ^a   Wong, Jan H ^a,c   Roy Chowdhury, Sharmila ^a   Lum, Sharon S ^a   Morgan, John W ^b,c   Kazanjian, Kevork ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PELVIC RADIATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECTUM CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78651356139     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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