Short-term effects of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy on internal anal sphincter function: A human in vitro study

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 465-472

  Lorenzi, Bruno ^a,b   Brading, Alison F ^b   Martellucci, Jacopo ^a   Cetta, Francesco ^a   Mortensen, Neil J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anal incontinence; Chemoradiotherapy; Internal anal sphincter; Myenteric plexus; Nitric oxide; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CARBACHOL; FLUOROURACIL; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISURE; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; RADIATION FIELD; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM RESECTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAL CANAL; ARGININE; CARBACHOL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; PHENYLEPHRINE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84859748555     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0b013e31824154a0     Document Type: Article

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