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Timing of rectal cancer surgery after short-course radiotherapy: national database study

BACKGROUND: Previous randomized trials found that a prolonged interval between short-course radiotherapy (SCRT, 25 Gy in 5 fractions) and surgery for rectal cancer (4–8 weeks, SCRT-delay) results in a lower postoperative complication rate and a higher pCR rate than SCRT and surgery within a week (SC...

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Autores principales: Verweij, Maaike E, Franzen, Jolien, van Grevenstein, Wilhelmina M U, Verkooijen, Helena M, Intven, Martijn P W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10364516/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37172197
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znad113