Surgery with and without adjuvant radiotherapy is associated with similar survival in T4 colon cancer.

Nikhil T SebastianY TanE D MillerT M WilliamsD A Diaz

Published in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2020)

Using the NCDB and SEER, we found no statistically significant difference in overall survival or disease-specific survival between patients treated with and without adjuvant radiation. Further studies should evaluate the impact of adjuvant radiotherapy on local control and prevention of recurrence-related morbidity in patients with T4 colon cancer.

Keyphrases

early stage
free survival
radiation induced
radiation therapy
minimally invasive
locally advanced
coronary artery bypass
acute coronary syndrome
percutaneous coronary intervention
case control