Preoperative Radiotherapy Improves Survival for Patients Undergoing Total Mesorectal Excision for Stage T3 Low Rectal Cancers

OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of preoperative radiotherapy (PRT) on patients who undergo rectal resection with total mesorectal excision (TME) for stage T3 low rectal cancers. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Evidence for the value of PRT before rectal cancer surgery is weakened by variability in the use...

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Main Authors: Delaney, Conor P., Lavery, Ian C., Brenner, Antonio, Hammel, Jeffrey, Senagore, Anthony J., Noone, Robert B., Fazio, Victor W.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: 2002
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1422566/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12170025
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