Does a subcentimeter distal resection margin adversely influence oncologic outcomes in patients with rectal cancer undergoing restorative proctectomy?

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-163

  Kiran, Ravi P ^a   Lian, Lei ^a,b   Lavery, Ian C ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Distal resection margin; Oncologic outcomes; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM ANASTOMOSIS; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROCTOCOLECTOMY, RESTORATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78651387410     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e3181fc9378     Document Type: Conference Paper

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