Limited Surgery following Neoadjuvant Treatment among Patients with Localized Rectal Cancer; A Population-Based Study.

CONCLUSION: Among patients with localized rectal cancer treated with neoadjuvant radiation, there does not seem to be a difference in cancer-specific survival according to the type of surgery (limited versus radical surgery). PMID: 32791929 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32791929?dopt=Abstract

Source: Expert Review of Gastroenterology and Hepatology - August 15, 2020 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol Source Type: research