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Preoperative intensity-modulated radiotherapy with a simultaneous integrated boost combined with Capecitabine in locally advanced rectal cancer: short-term results of a multicentric study

BACKGROUND: Preoperative radiotherapy (RT) in combination with fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy (CT) is the standard of care in patients with locally advanced, T3-T4 N0–2, rectal cancer (LARC). Given the correlation between RT dose-tumor response and the prognostic role of the tumor regression gr...

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Autores principales: Lupattelli, Marco, Matrone, Fabio, Gambacorta, Maria Antonietta, Osti, Mattia, Macchia, Gabriella, Palazzari, Elisa, Nicosia, Luca, Navarria, Federico, Chiloiro, Giuditta, Valentini, Vincenzo, Aristei, Cynthia, De Paoli, Antonino
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5568311/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28830475
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13014-017-0870-4