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Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation for Rectal Cancer: Analysis of Clinical Outcomes From a 13-Year Institutional Experience

Mark W. Onaitis, R. Barrett Noone, Matthew G. Hartwig, Herbert I. Hurwitz, Michael A. Morse, Paul S. Jowell, Kevin McGrath, Catherine Lee, Mitchell S. Anscher, Bryan M. Clary,

Annals of Surgery · 2001 · 157 citations · 35 references

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Neoadjuvant chemoradiation is safe, effective, and well tolerated. Postoperative lymph node status is the only independent predictor of recurrence and survival.

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Improving Adjuvant Therapy for Rectal Cancer by Combining Protracted-Infusion Fluorouracil with Radiation Therapy after Curative Surgery

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