Evaluation of lymphadenectomy in patients receiving neoadjuvant radiotherapy for rectal adenocarcinoma

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3713-3718

  Le, Maithao ^a   Nelson, Rebecca ^a   Lee, Wendy ^a   Mailey, Brian ^a   Duldulao, Marjun ^a   Chen, Yi Jen ^a   Garcia Aguilar, Julio ^a   Kim, Joseph ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RECTUM CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868091603     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-012-2430-3     Document Type: Article

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