Adjuvant Second-Dose Chemotherapy before Surgery for Patients with Locally Advanced Rectal Malignancy Is Not Beneficial: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

BACKGROUND: Preoperative chemoradiotherapy is the standard treatment for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer, although tumor responses vary widely; some patients may achieve a pathologic complete response rate (pCR) after chemoradiotherapy. Controversy exists with regard to the efficacy of...

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Autores principales: Chen, Min, Song, Xue, Chen, Liang-zhou, Xu, Lin, Lu, Yi-pu, Zhang, Jin-song
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5556998/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28835750
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1373092

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5556998/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28835750
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1373092

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