Narrow distal resection margin may be sufficient for rectal cancer after chemoradiation

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 58, Issue 107-108, 2011, Pages 769-774

  Park, Jun Ho ^a   Kim, Hee Cheol ^b   Cho, Yong Kwon ^b   Yun, Hae Ran ^b   Cho, Yong Beom ^b   Yun, Seong Hyeon ^b   Lee, Woo Yong ^b   Chun, Ho Kyung ^b  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chemoradiation therapy; Distal resection margin; Rectal cancer; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

CAPECITABINE; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM;

EID: 80051603433     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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