Challenges and shifting treatment strategies in the surgical treatment of locally advanced rectal cancer

Challenges and shifting treatment strategies in the surgical treatment of locally advanced rectal cancer

Abstract The current standard treatment for locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) in Korea and Western countries is a multimodal approach incorporating preoperative long‐course chemoradiotherapy (LCRT) followed by total mesorectal excision (TME) and adjuvant chemotherapy. This approach has significa...

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Main Authors: Ho Seung Kim, Nam Kyu Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-07-01
Series:Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery
Subjects:
early recurrence
locally advanced rectal cancer
neoadjuvant
radiation
total neoadjuvant treatment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ags3.12349

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