Optimal time intervals between preoperative radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy and surgery in rectal cancer?
Background In rectal cancer therapy, radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy (RT/CRT) is extensively used preoperatively to (i) decrease local recurrence risks, (ii) allow radical surgery in non-resectable tumours and (iii) increase the chances of sphincter-saving surgery or (iv) organ preservation. There...
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| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2014-04-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Oncology |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2014.00050/full |