Postoperative complications in patients with rectal cancer are associated with delays in chemotherapy that lead to worse disease-free and overall survival

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1339-1348

  Tevis, Sarah E ^a   Kohlnhofer, Brittney M ^a   Stringfield, Sarah ^a   Foley, Eugene F ^a   Harms, Bruce A ^a   Heise, Charles P ^a   Kennedy, Gregory D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy delays; Outcomes; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84888386347     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0b013e3182a857eb     Document Type: Article

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