Altering the therapeutic paradigm towards a distal bowel margin of < 1 cm in patients with low-lying rectal cancer: A systematic review and commentary

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Pahlman, L ^a   Bujko, K ^b   Rutkowski, A ^b   Michalski, W ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Distal bowel margin; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM RESECTION; RECURRENCE RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84875676875     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/codi.12120     Document Type: Article

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