Preoperative radiation therapy for upper rectal cancer T3,T4/Nx: Selectivity essential

Clinical Colorectal Cancer

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 88-92

  Popek, Sarah ^a   Tsikitis, Vassiliki Liana ^a   Hazard, Lisa ^b   Cohen, Alfred M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Neoadjuvant therapy; Rectal cancer; T3; T4Nx

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW;

EID: 84860705464     PISSN: 15330028     EISSN: 19380674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clcc.2011.06.009     Document Type: Review

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