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Neoadjuvant radiotherapy improves overall survival for T3/4N+M0 rectal cancer patients: a population-based study of 20300 patients

BACKGROUND: Neoadjuvant radiotherapy (RT) has been shown to improve local control; however, whether it can improve overall survival (OS) in locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) patients remains controversial. We therefore aimed to examine the benefits of surgery alone, neoadjuvant radiotherapy (RT)...

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Autores principales: Zhao, Feng, Wang, Jili, Yu, Hao, Cheng, Xiaofei, Li, Xinke, Zhu, Xuan, Xu, Xiangming, Lin, Jianjiang, Chen, Xin, Yan, Senxiang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7045410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32103755
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13014-020-01497-4