Is Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy Beneficial for Sphincter Preservation in Low-Lying Rectal Cancer Patients?

Medicine (Baltimore) · 2016 · PMC4863762 · PMID 27149445

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The PCRT+ group also had a slightly higher permanent stoma rate than the PCRT– group in patients with shorter than median interspinous distance (ISD), but the difference was only marginally significant ( P = 0.07).

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