How Safe is Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy for Rectal Cancer?

Over the last three decades, a series of clinical trials have led to the use of adjuvant pelvic radiotherapy and chemotherapy in high-risk (T3-4 or N1) rectal cancer. There is a need to improve patient selection in order to identify the group most at risk for recurrent disease. The toxicity of adjuv...

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Main Authors: Michael W.T. Chao, Joe J. Tjandra, Peter Gibbs, Stephen McLaughlin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2004-04-01
Series:Asian Journal of Surgery
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1015958409603316