Gender-differences of in vitro colonic motility after chemo- and radiotherapy in humans

• Main Authors: Maria Antonietta Maselli (Author), Antonia Ignazzi (Author), Francesco Pezzolla (Author), Annunziata Scirocco (Author), Dionigi Lorusso (Author), Fabrizio De Ponti (Author), Carola Severi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The aim of the present in vitro study was to investigate, in different genders, motor responses in surgical colonic specimens from patients with rectal cancer undergoing and not undergoing chemotherapy with capecitabine and radiotherapy. Methods This in vitro study was conducted...