Researchers in London completed a long-term follow up of patients given a short course of chemotherapy before chemoradiation - a combination of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The findings ...
1 These data support the conclusion that patients who respond to preoperative chemoradiation therapy, who in this study were represented to a greater degree in the LAR group than in the APR group ...
Neoadjuvant chemoradiation can reduce the tumor volume and pathologic tumor stage of locally advanced rectal cancer, increasing the likelihood of curative surgical resectability and improving long ...