Bowel dysfunction after low anterior resection with and without neoadjuvant therapy for rectal cancer: A population-based cross-sectional study

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1130-1139

  Bregendahl, S ^a   Emmertsen, K J ^a   Lous, J ^b   Laurberg, S ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bowel dysfunction; Long course chemoradiotherapy; Partial mesorectal excision; Rectal cancer; Short course radiotherapy; Total mesorectal excision

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; SHORT COURSE THERAPY;

BOWEL DYSFUNCTION; LONG-COURSE CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; PARTIAL MESORECTAL EXCISION; RECTAL CANCER; SHORT-COURSE RADIOTHERAPY; TOTAL MESORECTAL EXCISION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; CARCINOMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFECATION; DENMARK; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MESENTERY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884706070     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/codi.12244     Document Type: Article

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