Short-course versus long-course neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in patients with rectal cancer: long-term results of a randomized controlled trial.

Int J Colorectal Dis · 2025 · PMC12078407 · PMID 40369294

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did not reach statistical significanceP = 0.4not close (p > 0.1)

As shown in Table 2 , five-year OS rates were higher in the LCRT group compared to the SCRT group; however, the difference did not reach statistical significance (77.3% vs. 65.6%, P = 0.4).

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Conclusion DFS showed a trend in favor of the LCRT group, with LCRT being significantly superior among men, patients under 60, and cT4 stage.

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