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The Long-Term Effect of Adjuvant Postoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Rectal Carcinoma on Bowel Function

Christine F. Kollmorgen, Alan P. Meagher, B. G. Wolff, J. H. Pemberton, James A. Martenson, D M Ilstrup

Annals of Surgery · 1994 · 324 citations · 23 references

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Abstract

Adjuvant postoperative chemoradiotherapy for rectal carcinoma has a major long-term detrimental effect on bowel function.

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Effective Surgical Adjuvant Therapy for High-Risk Rectal Carcinoma

James E. Krook, C G Moertel, Leonard L. Gunderson et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1991 · 1.9K citations

Mesorectal excision for rectal cancer

John K. MacFarlane, R. D. H. Ryall, Richard J. Heald · The Lancet · 1993 · 1.7K citations

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Pre- or Postoperative Radiotherapy in Rectal and Rectosigmoid Carcinoma Report from a Randomized Multicenter Trial

Lars Påhlman, Bengt Glimelius · Annals of Surgery · 1990 · 575 citations · Full text

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Reappraisal of the 5 centimetre rule of distal excision for carcinoma of the rectum: A study of distal intramural spread and of patients' survival

Nicholas S. G. Williams, Michael F. Dixon, D Johnston · British journal of surgery · 1983 · 544 citations

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Postoperative radiotherapy in Dukes' B and C carcinoma of the rectum and rectosigmoid: A randomized multicenter study

Ib Balslev, Mogens Pedersen, Finn Hanberg-Soerensen et al. · Cancer · 1986 · 265 citations · Full text