Preoperative irradiation for carcinoma of the rectum and rectosigmoid colon: Report of a national veterans administration randomized study

Roswit, Bernard; A. Higgins, George; J. Keehn, Robert

doi:10.1002/1097-0142(197506)35:6<1597::aid-cncr2820350618>3.0.co;2-s

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Preoperative irradiation for carcinoma of the rectum and rectosigmoid colon: Report of a national veterans administration randomized study

Published in Cancer • Jun 1, 1975

Authors:

Bernard Roswit

George A. Higgins

Robert J. Keehn

Abstract

In 1964 the Veterans Administration Surgical Adjuvant Group (VASAG) initiated a large-scale, controlled, randomized protocol to study the role of low-dose preoperative irradiation (2000-2500 rads/10fractions/12 days) in patients with operable adenocarcinoma of the sigmoid colon and rectum. This repo...

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Medicine

Rectum

Abdominoperineal resection

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