Preoperative Radiotherapy With or Without Concurrent Fluorouracil and Leucovorin in T3-4 Rectal Cancers: Results of FFCD 9203

Gérard, Jean‐Pierre; Conroy, Thierry; Bonnetain, Franck; Bouché, Olivier; Chapet, O.; Closon-Dejardin, Marie-Thérèse; Untereiner, M.; Leduc, Bernard; François, Éric; Maurel, J; Seitz, Jean‐François; Buecher, Bruno; Mackiewicz, R; Ducreux, Michel; Bedenne, Laurent

doi:10.1200/jco.2006.06.7629

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Preoperative Radiotherapy With or Without Concurrent Fluorouracil and Leucovorin in T3-4 Rectal Cancers: Results of FFCD 9203

Published in Journal of Clinical Oncology • Sep 28, 2006

Authors:

Jean‐Pierre Gérard

Thierry Conroy

Franck Bonnetain

Abstract

PURPOSE: In 1992, preoperative radiotherapy was considered in France as the standard treatment for T3-4 rectal cancers. The present randomized trial compares preoperative radiotherapy with chemoradiotherapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Patients were eligible if they presented a resectable T3-4, Nx, M0 rec...

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Medicine

Chemoradiotherapy

Radiation therapy

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