Predictive Biomarkers to Chemoradiation in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer

There has been a high local recurrence rate in rectal cancer. Besides improvements in surgical techniques, both neoadjuvant short-course radiotherapy and long-course chemoradiation improve oncological results. Approximately 40–60% of rectal cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiation ach...

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Main Authors: Raquel Conde-Muíño, Marta Cuadros, Natalia Zambudio, Inmaculada Segura-Jiménez, Carlos Cano, Pablo Palma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/921435