Dose–time fractionation schedules of preoperative radiotherapy and timing to surgery for rectal cancer
Chemoradiotherapy (CRT) is extensively used prior to surgery for rectal cancer to provide significantly better local control, but the radiotherapy (RT), as the other component of CRT, has been subject to less interest than the drug component in recent years. With considerable developments in RT, the...
Main Authors: | Fu Jin, Huanli Luo, Juan Zhou, Yongzhong Wu, Hao Sun, Hongliang Liu, Xiaodong Zheng, Ying Wang |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2020-02-01
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Series: | Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1758835920907537 |
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