Impact of the interval between short-course radiotherapy and surgery on outcomes of rectal cancer patients

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 49, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 3131-3139

  Van Den Broek, Colette B M ^a   Vermeer, Thomas A ^b   Bastiaannet, Esther ^a   Rutten, Harm J T ^b   Van De Velde, Cornelis J H ^a   Marijnen, Corrie A M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elderly; Radiotherapy; Rectal cancer; Surgery; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOCAL RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ELDERLY; RADIOTHERAPY; RECTAL CANCER; SURGERY; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884900951     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2013.05.025     Document Type: Article

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