Effective Surgical Adjuvant Therapy for High-Risk Rectal Carcinoma

E. Krook, James; G Moertel, C; L. Gunderson, Leonard; S. Wieand, Harry; T. Collins, Roger; W. Beart, Robert; P Kubista, T; A. Poon, Michael; C. Meyers, William; A Mailliard, J; I. Twito, Donald; F. Morton, Roscoe; H. Veeder, Michael; E. Witzig, Thomas; Cha, Stephen; C. Vidyarthi, Subhash

doi:10.1056/nejm199103143241101

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Effective Surgical Adjuvant Therapy for High-Risk Rectal Carcinoma

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Mar 14, 1991

Authors:

James E. Krook

C G Moertel

Leonard L. Gunderson

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Radiation therapy as an adjunct to surgery for rectal cancer has been shown to reduce local recurrence but has not improved survival. In a previous study, combined radiation and chemotherapy improved survival significantly as compared with surgery alone, but not as compared with adjuvant...

Subject

Medicine

Confidence interval

Surgery

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