Preoperative short-course radiotherapy and long-course radiochemotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer: Meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis of long-term survival data.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The role of preoperative short-course radiotherapy (SCRT) in rectal cancer treatment, when compared to long-course radiochemotherapy (LCRT), is still controversial. Thus the meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis (TSA) was performed to evaluate the long-term survival of...

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Main Authors: Xin Wang, Bobo Zheng, Xinlan Lu, Ruhai Bai, Linlin Feng, Quan Wang, Yan Zhao, Shuixiang He
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6042715?pdf=render