Recent advances in neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer

Recent advances in neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer

Preoperative chemoradiotherapy (CRT) has been actively used in Europe and the United States to treat advanced low rectal cancer, and provides excellent local control. In Japan, however, the standard treatment is lateral lymph node dissection, and to date CRT has not been actively used. In recent yea...

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Main Authors: Kazushige Kawai, Soichiro Ishihara, Hiroaki Nozawa, Keisuke Hata, Tomomichi Kiyomatsu, Toshiaki Tanaka, Takeshi Nishikawa, Kensuke Otani, Koji Yasuda, Koji Murono, Kazuhito Sasaki, Toshiaki Watanabe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Japan Society of Coloproctology 2017-04-01
Series:Journal of the Anus, Rectum and Colon
Subjects:
advanced low rectal cancer
chemoradiotherapy
local recurrence
watch and wait
Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jarc/1/2/1_2017-005/_pdf/-char/en

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https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jarc/1/2/1_2017-005/_pdf/-char/en

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