Sphincter-sparing local excision and hypofractionated radiation therapy for anorectal melanoma: A 20-year experience

Cancer

Volumn 117, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 4747-4755

  Kelly, Patrick ^a   Zagars, Gunar K ^a   Cormier, Jancie N ^a   Ross, Merrick I ^a   Guadagnolo, B Ashleigh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

anorectal melanoma; radiation complications; radiation therapy; sphincter preservation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL MELANOMA; ANUS SURGERY; ANUS TUMOR; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; RECTUM TUMOR; SPHINCTER SPARING LOCAL EXCISION; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; ANUS NEOPLASMS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; ORGAN SPARING TREATMENTS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053926026     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.26088     Document Type: Article

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