ORGAN PRESERVATION FOR CLINICAL T2N0 DISTAL RECTAL CANCER USING NEOADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY AND LOCAL EXCISION: RESULTS OF A MULTICENTER PHASE 2 STUDY

BACKGROUND: Local excision is an organ-preserving treatment alternative for patients with stage I rectal cancer. However, local excision alone is associated with a high risk of local recurrence and inferior survival compared to transabdominal rectal resection. Here we investigate the oncologic and f...

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Autores principales: Garcia-Aguilar, Julio, Renfro, Lindsay A., Chow, Oliver S., Shi, Qian, Carrero, Xiomara W., Lynn, Patricio B., Thomas, Charles R., Chan, Emily, Cataldo, Peter A., Marcet, Jorge E., Medich, David S., Johnson, Craig S., Oommen, Samuel C., Wolff, Bruce G., Pigazzi, Alessio, McNevin, Shane M., Pons, Roger K., Bleday, Ronald
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4984260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26474521
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(15)00215-6

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