Predicting prognosis according to preoperative chemotherapy response in patients with locally advanced lower rectal cancer
Abstract Background Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy is regarded as the standard of treatment for locally advanced lower rectal cancer, although some of these cases are systemic, and distant control may be inadequate. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy could compensate for such shortcomings, potentially yielding...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-12-01
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| Series: | BMC Cancer |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-019-6424-4 |