The risk of distant metastases in rectal cancer managed by a watch-and-wait strategy - A systematic review and meta-analysis.

CONCLUSIONS: The additional risk of DM seems to be low. However, the high probability of bias, heterogeneity of the patients' population and low quality of evidence make our estimation uncertain.
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Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - November 7, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Socha J, Kępka L, Michalski W, Paciorek K, Bujko K Tags: Radiother Oncol Source Type: research