Surgery
Volume 145, Issue 5 , Pages 486-494, May 2009

Outcomes of clinical T4M0 extra-peritoneal rectal cancer treated with preoperative radiochemotherapy and surgery: A prospective evaluation of a single institutional experience

  • Vincenzo Valentini, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Therapy, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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  • Claudio Coco, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Claudio Coco, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Policlinico “A. Gemelli,” Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 – Rome, Italy.
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  • Gianluca Rizzo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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  • Alberto Manno, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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  • Antonio Crucitti, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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  • Claudio Mattana, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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  • Carlo Ratto, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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  • Alessandro Verbo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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  • Fabio M. Vecchio, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Histopathology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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  • Brunella Barbaro, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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  • Maria A. Gambacorta, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
    • Department of Radiation Therapy, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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  • Caterina Montoro, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Therapy, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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  • Maria C. Barba, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Therapy, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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  • Luigi Sofo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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  • Valerio Papa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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  • Roberta Menghi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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  • Domenico M. D'Ugo, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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  • Giovanbattista Doglietto, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

Accepted 23 January 2009. published online 23 March 2009.

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PII: S0039-6060(09)00067-1

doi:10.1016/j.surg.2009.01.007

Surgery
Volume 145, Issue 5 , Pages 486-494, May 2009

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