Preoperative radiotherapy versus selective postoperative chemoradiotherapy in patients with rectal cancer (MRC CR07 and NCIC-CTG C016): a multicentre, randomised trial

BACKGROUND: Preoperative or postoperative radiotherapy reduces the risk of local recurrence in patients with operable rectal cancer. However, improvements in surgery and histopathological assessment mean that the role of radiotherapy needs to be reassessed. We compared short-course preoperative radi...

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Autores principales: Sebag-Montefiore, David, Stephens, Richard J, Steele, Robert, Monson, John, Grieve, Robert, Khanna, Subhash, Quirke, Phil, Couture, Jean, de Metz, Catherine, Myint, Arthur Sun, Bessell, Eric, Griffiths, Gareth, Thompson, Lindsay C, Parmar, Mahesh
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lancet Publishing Group 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2668947/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19269519
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60484-0

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