The influence of smoking and other risk factors on the outcome after radiochemotherapy for anal cancer

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Smoking is an important risk factor for the development of cancer. Smoking during radiochemotherapy therapy may have a negative influence on prognosis. We evaluated the effect of smoking during radiochemotherapy on the outcome for pa...

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Main Authors: Haegele Verena, Welzel Grit, Mai Sabine, Wenz Frederik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-08-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://www.ro-journal.com/content/2/1/30