Effect of the plane of surgery achieved on local recurrence in patients with operable rectal cancer: a prospective study using data from the MRC CR07 and NCIC-CTG CO16 randomised clinical trial

BACKGROUND: Local recurrence rates in operable rectal cancer are improved by radiotherapy (with or without chemotherapy) and surgical techniques such as total mesorectal excision. However, the contributions of surgery and radiotherapy to outcomes are unclear. We assessed the effect of the involvemen...

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Autores principales: Quirke, Phil, Steele, Robert, Monson, John, Grieve, Robert, Khanna, Subhash, Couture, Jean, O'Callaghan, Chris, Myint, Arthur Sun, Bessell, Eric, Thompson, Lindsay C, Parmar, Mahesh, Stephens, Richard J, Sebag-Montefiore, David
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lancet Publishing Group 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2668948/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19269520
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60485-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2668948/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19269520
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60485-2

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