Chemotherapy with Preoperative Radiotherapy in Rectal Cancer

Bosset, Jean-François; Collette, Laurence; Calais, G.; Mineur, Laurent; Maingon, P.; Radošević-Jelić, Ljiljana; Daban, A.; Bardet, É.; Beny, Alexander; Ollier, Jean-Claude

doi:10.1056/nejmoa060829

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Chemotherapy with Preoperative Radiotherapy in Rectal Cancer

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Sep 13, 2006

Authors:

Jean-François Bosset

Laurence Collette

G. Calais

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Preoperative radiotherapy is recommended for selected patients with rectal cancer. We evaluated the addition of chemotherapy to preoperative radiotherapy and the use of postoperative chemotherapy in the treatment of rectal cancer. METHODS: We randomly assigned patients with clinical stag...

Subject

Medicine

Radiation therapy

Colorectal cancer

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