Type of preoperative therapy and stage-specific survival after surgery for rectal cancer: a nationwide population-based cohort study.

Virchows Arch · 2019 · PMC6881252 · PMID 31463728

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a trend towards significanceno p-value reported

A p value of < 0.05 was considered statistically significant whereas a p value of < 0.1 was taken to reflect a trend towards significance.

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highly significantno p-value reported

The observed difference in stage-specific survival between patients treated with CRT (substantial downstaging) and SC-RT (no downstaging) was substantial and highly significant, and the effect was independent of several known possible confounders.

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