Possible contribution of IMRT in postoperative radiochemotherapy for rectal cancer: analysis on 1798 patients by prediction model.

Oncotarget · 2016 · PMC5216815 · PMID 27340785

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borderline significancep=0.052so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Although it is unlikely to design a RCT trial to compare IMRT with conventional radiation on impact of OS, given these encouraging results based on large data, IMRT could be recommended in routine practice in experienced center in postoperative LARC treatment, despite the borderline significance in univariate log-rank test (p=0.052).

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marginal significanceno p-value reported

In this analysis, adjuvant chemotherapy and concurrent radiochemotherapy improve prognosis significantly, even IMRT technique increases OS with marginal significance.

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