Treating rectal cancer: key issues reconsidered.
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Minsky and Guillem should be commended for this excellent review and for addressing major areas of controversy in the management of rectal cancer. Among the many issues they cover, the authors review the supporting evidence for the use of neoadjuvant vs adjuvant chemoradiation in patients with stages II/III rectal cancer. They conclude, based on the decreased risk of local recurrence and decreased acute and delayed toxicities, that neoadjuvant chemoradiation should be the preferred standard of care in stage II and III rectal cancer.[1]
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Oncology
دوره 22 12 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008