Treatment of rectal cancer by transanal endoscopic microsurgery: Review of the literature

Minerva Chirurgica

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-9

  Lezoche, G ^a   Paganini, A M ^b   Campagnacci, R ^a   Ghiselli, R ^a   Pelloni, M ^a   Rombini, A ^a   Guerrieri, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Microsurgery; Neoadjuvant therapy; Rectal neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; EQUIPMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RECTOSCOPY; RECTUM TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROCTOSCOPY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878660068     PISSN: 00264733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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