Predictive Biomarkers to Chemoradiation in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer

There has been a high local recurrence rate in rectal cancer. Besides improvements in surgical techniques, both neoadjuvant short-course radiotherapy and long-course chemoradiation improve oncological results. Approximately 40–60% of rectal cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiation ach...

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Main Authors: Conde-Muíño, Raquel, Cuadros, Marta, Zambudio, Natalia, Segura-Jiménez, Inmaculada, Cano, Carlos, Palma, Pablo
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4609421/