Prognostic importance of Mandard tumour regression grade following pre-operative chemo/radiotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1138-1145

  Dhadda, A S ^a   Dickinson, P ^b   Zaitoun, A M ^b   Gandhi, N ^b   Bessell, E M ^b  

^a CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Radiotherapy; Rectal cancer; Response grading

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDARD TUMOUR REGRESSION SCORE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RATING SCALE; RECTUM CANCER; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR REGRESSION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; DRUG THERAPY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955538513     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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