Efficacy of preoperative chemoradiotherapy in downstaging rectal cancer and its impact on the long-term outcome.

Downstaging long-term outcome preoperative radiation rectal cancer pmc-status-qastatus 0 pmc-status-live yes pmc-status-embargo no pmc-status-released yes pmc-prop-open-access yes pmc-prop-olf no pmc-prop-manuscript no pmc-prop-legally-suppressed no pmc-prop-has-pdf yes pmc-prop-has-supplement no pmc-prop-pdf-only no pmc-prop-suppress-copyright no pmc-prop-is-real-version no pmc-prop-is-scanned-article no pmc-prop-preprint no pmc-prop-in-epmc yes pmc-license-ref CC BY-NC-SA Introduction As per ICMR, an increasing trend for rectal cancer is observed only in the southern cities of Bangalore and Chennai among men.[ 1 ] Two important developments of mesorectal excision and preoperative chemoradiation (PRTCT) have brought down the local recurrence from 50% to <10% in the last couple of decades.

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