Effect of preoperative radio(chemo)therapy on long-term functional outcome in rectal cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1816-1828

  Loos, Martin ^a   Quentmeier, Philipp ^a   Schuster, Tibor ^a   Nitsche, Ulrich ^a   Gertler, Ralf ^a   Keerl, Andreas ^b   Kocher, Thomas ^b   Friess, Helmut ^a   Rosenberg, Robert ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Cantonal Hospital Baden   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; MANOMETRY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECTUM CANCER; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URINARY TRACT FUNCTION;

ANAL CANAL; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FECAL INCONTINENCE; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 84878242400     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-012-2827-z     Document Type: Article

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