Organ preservation with local excision or active surveillance following chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer

BACKGROUND: Organ preservation has been proposed as an alternative to radical surgery for rectal cancer to reduce morbidity and mortality, and to improve functional outcome. METHODS: Locally advanced non-metastatic rectal cancers were identified from a prospective database. Patients staged ⩾T3 or an...

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Autores principales: Creavin, B, Ryan, E, Martin, S T, Hanly, A, O'Connell, P R, Sheahan, K, Winter, D C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Clinical Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5243997/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27997526
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2016.417

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5243997/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27997526
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2016.417

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