What is a safe distal resection margin in rectal cancer patients treated by low anterior resection without preoperative radiotherapy?

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Bernstein, T E ^a   Endreseth, B H ^a,b   Romundstad, P ^b   Wibe, A ^a,b  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Distal resection margin; National study; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAL CANAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; ORGAN SPARING TREATMENTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84855730677     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2011.02759.x     Document Type: Article

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