Preoperative radiotherapy and local excision of rectal cancer: Long-term results of a randomised study.

CONCLUSIONS: This trial suggests that in the LE setting, both local recurrence and survival are worse after short-course radiotherapy than after chemoradiation. Because of the risk of bias, a confirmatory study is desirable. Lack of CTME is associated with an unacceptably high local recurrence rate.
PMID: 29680321 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - April 18, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Wawok P, Polkowski W, Richter P, Szczepkowski M, Olędzki J, Wierzbicki R, Gach T, Rutkowski A, Dziki A, Kołodziejski L, Sopyło R, Pietrzak L, Kryński J, Wiśniowska K, Spałek M, Pawlewicz K, Polkowski M, Kowalska T, Paprota K, Jankiewicz M, Radkowski Tags: Radiother Oncol Source Type: research