Preoperative short-course radiotherapy in rectal cancer patients: results and prognostic factors.

Tomasz SkoraJadwiga Nowak-SadzikowskaDariusz MartynówMariusz WszołekBeata Sas-Korczyńska

Published in: Journal of radiation oncology (2017)

Preoperative short-course radiotherapy followed by total mesorectal excision and adjuvant chemotherapy allows to achieve excellent local control and favorable survival rates. The treatment-induced toxicity is acceptable.

Keyphrases

prognostic factors
rectal cancer
locally advanced
early stage
patients undergoing
radiation therapy
ejection fraction
radiation induced
oxidative stress
squamous cell carcinoma
high glucose
endothelial cells
free survival
replacement therapy