Paradigm-Shifting New Evidence for Treatment of Rectal Cancer

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 391-397

  Fichera, Alessandro ^a   Allaix, Marco E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Combined modality therapy; Rectal cancer; Transanal endoscopic microsurgery; Transanal excision; Watch and wait strategy

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANAL CANAL; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; RECTUM TUMOR; WATCHFUL WAITING;

ANAL CANAL; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; HUMANS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 84895907479     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-013-2297-z     Document Type: Article

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