| Literature DB >> 17072624 |
Gunther Klautke1, Rainer Fietkau.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The rate of local recurrence of locally advanced rectal cancer (stage III and IV according to the criteria of Union Internationale Contre Le Cancer) is still high, and also the rate of distant metastases. There are a lot of phase I/II trails of intensified neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy with different chemotherapeutic agents and current protocols to radiotherapy. AIM: The objective of this review of literature was to evaluate the necessity, the results, and comparability of the different regimes and to evaluate a potential impact on later adjuvant chemotherapy.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 17072624 DOI: 10.1007/s00384-006-0204-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Colorectal Dis ISSN: 0179-1958 Impact factor: 2.571