Effect of radical surgery combined with pre- or postoperative radiotherapy in treatment of resectable rectal cancer
Autor: | Hanem Sakr, Saleh Teama, Dalia Zayed, Ehab Atif |
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Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Zdroj: | The Chinese-German Journal of Clinical Oncology. 11:384-390 |
ISSN: | 1613-9089 1610-1979 |
Popis: | Objective This study was done to compare between the effect of preoperative radiotherapy and postoperative radiotherapy in treatment of resectable rectal carcinoma. The primary endpoints are local recurrence rate, overall survival (OS) and disease free survival (DFS). The secondary endpoints are to evaluate down-staging, treatment toxicity, and ability to do sphincter preservation, aiming at choosing the optimal treatment modality. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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