RECTAL-CANCER - TREATMENT ADVANCES THAT REDUCE RECURRENCE RATES AND LENGTHEN SURVIVAL

Authors
SEXE R MIEDEMA BW
Citation
R. Sexe et Bw. Miedema, RECTAL-CANCER - TREATMENT ADVANCES THAT REDUCE RECURRENCE RATES AND LENGTHEN SURVIVAL, Postgraduate medicine, 94(1), 1993, pp. 183
Citations number
37
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Postgraduate medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
00325481
Volume
94
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-5481(1993)94:1<183:R-TATR>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
When in rectal cancer surgery can the anal sphincter be spared? For wh ich patients is iliac lymphadenectomy advisable? Should radiation ther apy and chemotherapy be given before surgery rather than after? Drs Se xe and Miedema address these and other questions in this discussion of recent advances and future trends in therapy for rectal cancer.