The emerging role of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for rectal cancer

Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 362-373

  Boland, Patrick M ^a   Fakih, Marwan ^b  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjuvant; Chemoradiation; Chemotherapy; Neoadjuvant; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; CAPECITABINE; CETUXIMAB; FLUOROPYRIMIDINE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; IRINOTECAN; OXALIPLATIN;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METASTASIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOGENE K RAS; ONCOGENE N RAS; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RADIOSENSITIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECTUM SURGERY; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; TRANSMESORECTAL EXCISION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR REGRESSION;

EID: 84995783967     PISSN: 20786891     EISSN: 2219679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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