Protocol for a single-arm confirmatory trial of adjuvant chemoradiation for patients with high-risk rectal submucosal invasive cancer after local resection: Japan Clinical Oncology Group Study JCOG1612 (RESCUE study)

Introduction Intestinal resection with lymph node dissection is the current standard treatment for high-risk lower rectal submucosal invasive cancer after local resection; however, surgery affects patients’ quality of life due to stoma placement or impaired anal sphincter function. A recent study de...

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Main Authors: Kohei Shitara, Yutaka Saito, Ryoji Kushima, Manabu Muto, Masaaki Ito, Tomohiro Kadota, Hiroaki Ikematsu, Takeshi Sasaki, Tomonori Mizutani, Gakuto Ogawa, Yoshinori Ito, Yukihide Kanemitsu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-07-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/7/e034947.full