Recent advances in the treatment and outcome of locally advanced rectal cancer

Objective To compare the outcomes of treatment of locally advanced rectal cancer of the early era (1975–1990) with those of the late era (1991–1997). Background Preoperative therapy has been used in locally advanced rectal cancer to preserve sphincter function, decrease local recurrence, and improve...

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Main Author: Abdalla, Eddie (author)
Other Authors: Vauthey, Nicolas (author), Marsh, Robert (author), Zlotecki, Robert (author), Solorzano, Carmen (author), Bray, Elizabeth (author), Freeman, Mark (author), Lauwers, Gregory (author), Kubilis, Paul (author), Mendenhall, William (author), Copeland III, Edward (author)
Format: article
Published: 1999
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2503
http://journals.lww.com/annalsofsurgery/Abstract/1999/05000/Recent_Advances_in_the_Treatment_and_Outcome_of.18.aspx
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