Preoperative Versus Postoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: Results of the German CAO/ARO/AIO-94 Randomized Phase III Trial After a Median Follow-Up of 11 Years

Sauer, Rolf; Liersch, Torsten; Merkel, Susanne; Fietkau, Rainer; Hohenberger, Werner; F. Hess, Clemens; Becker, Heinz; Raab, Hans-Rudolf; Villanueva, Marie-Therese; Witzigmann, Helmut; Wittekind, Christian; Beißbarth, Tim; Rödel, Claus

doi:10.1200/jco.2011.40.1836

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Preoperative Versus Postoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: Results of the German CAO/ARO/AIO-94 Randomized Phase III Trial After a Median Follow-Up of 11 Years

Published in Journal of Clinical Oncology • Apr 24, 2012

Authors:

Rolf Sauer

Torsten Liersch

Susanne Merkel

Abstract

PURPOSE: Preoperative chemoradiotherapy (CRT) has been established as standard treatment for locally advanced rectal cancer after first results of the CAO/ARO/AIO-94 [Working Group of Surgical Oncology/Working Group of Radiation Oncology/Working Group of Medical Oncology of the Germany Cancer Societ...

Subject

Medicine

Colorectal cancer

Total mesorectal excision

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