Factors influencing circumferential resection margin in rectal cancer

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 298-303

  Hiranyakas, A ^a,b   Da Silva, G ^a   Wexner, S D ^a   Ho, Y H ^b   Allende, D ^a   Berho, M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Circumferential resection margin; Conventional abdominoperineal resection; Extralevator abdominoperineal resection; Low anterior resection; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CIRCUMFERENTIAL RESECTION MARGIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; COLECTOMY; FEMALE; FLORIDA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874379770     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2012.03179.x     Document Type: Article

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