Impact of neoadjuvant treatment on total mesorectal excision for ultra-low rectal cancers

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>This study reviewed the impact of pre-operative chemoradiotherapy or post-operative chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy on total mesorectal excision (TME) for ultralow rectal cancers that required either low anterior resection with pera...

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Main Authors: Fan Joe FM, Poon Jensen TC, Liu Rico, Law Wai, Lim Yon, Lo Oswens SH
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-03-01
Series:World Journal of Surgical Oncology
Online Access:http://www.wjso.com/content/8/1/23