Pushing the envelope beyond a centimeter in rectal cancer: Oncologic implications of close, but negative margins

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 213, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 589-595

  Fitzgerald, Timothy L ^a   Brinkley, Jason ^b   Zervos, Emmanuel E ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ANAL CANAL; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80055078954     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.07.020     Document Type: Article

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