Modern multidisciplinary treatment of rectal cancer based on staging with magnetic resonance imaging leads to excellent local control, but distant control remains a challenge

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2311-2320

  Engelen, S M E ^a   Maas, M ^a   Lahaye, M J ^a   Leijtens, J W A ^b   Van Berlo, C L H ^c   Jansen, R L H ^a   Breukink, S O ^a   Dejong, C H C ^a   Van De Velde, C J H ^d   Beets Tan, R G H ^a   Beets, G L ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LAURENTIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c VIECURI MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Prognosis; Rectal cancer; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; DEOXYCYTIDINE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; ORGANOPLATINUM COMPOUNDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REMISSION INDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878378455     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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