HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT IN PATIENTS WITH RECTAL CANCER TREATED WITH CURATIVE INTENT

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The treatment of median and distal rectal cancer has evolved a lot in the last decades due to the dissemination of the technique of total mesortal excision and the use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy. However, this multidisciplinary approach can affect patients’ q...

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Main Authors: José Luís da Costa Alves de SOUZA, Caio Sergio Rizkallah NAHAS, Sergio Carlos NAHAS, Carlos Frederico Sparapan MARQUES, Ulysses RIBEIRO JÚNIOR, Ivan CECCONELLO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE)
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032018000200154&lng=en&tlng=en