Randomized trial of short-course radiotherapy versus long-course chemoradiation comparing rates of local recurrence in patients with T3 rectal cancer: Trans-Tasman Radiation Oncology Group trial 01.04.

SY, Ngan; B, Burmeister; RJ, Fisher; M, Solomon; D, Goldstein; D, Joseph; SP, Ackland; D, Schache; B, McClure; SA, McLachlan; J, McKendrick; T, Leong; C, Hartopeanu; J, Zalcberg; J, Mackay

doi:10.1200/jco.2012.42.9597

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Randomized trial of short-course radiotherapy versus long-course chemoradiation comparing rates of local recurrence in patients with T3 rectal cancer: Trans-Tasman Radiation Oncology Group trial 01.04.

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Ngan SY

Burmeister B

Fisher RJ

Abstract

Purpose To compare the local recurrence (LR) rate between short-course (SC) and long-course (LC) neoadjuvant radiotherapy for rectal cancer.Patients and methods Eligible patients had ultrasound- or magnetic resonance imaging-staged T3N0-2M0 rectal adenocarcinoma within 12 cm from anal verge. SC cons...

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