Short-course radiotherapy with delayed surgery for rectal cancer

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, IMSUT Hospital, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan. Electronic address: yuuhaku@gmail.com.
² Department of Surgery, IMSUT Hospital, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan.
³ Jyoban Hospital of Tokiwa Foundation, Fukushima, Japan.

Comment

Tomohiro Kurokawa et al. Lancet Oncol. 2017 Jun.

. 2017 Jun;18(6):e293.

doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30328-5.

¹ Department of Surgery, IMSUT Hospital, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan. Electronic address: yuuhaku@gmail.com.
² Department of Surgery, IMSUT Hospital, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan.
³ Jyoban Hospital of Tokiwa Foundation, Fukushima, Japan.

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Short-course radiotherapy with delayed surgery for rectal cancer - Authors' reply.
Erlandsson J, Martling A. Erlandsson J, et al. Lancet Oncol. 2017 Jun;18(6):e295. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30323-6. Lancet Oncol. 2017. PMID: 28593850 No abstract available.

Optimal fractionation of preoperative radiotherapy and timing to surgery for rectal cancer (Stockholm III): a multicentre, randomised, non-blinded, phase 3, non-inferiority trial.
Erlandsson J, Holm T, Pettersson D, Berglund Å, Cedermark B, Radu C, Johansson H, Machado M, Hjern F, Hallböök O, Syk I, Glimelius B, Martling A. Erlandsson J, et al. Lancet Oncol. 2017 Mar;18(3):336-346. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30086-4. Epub 2017 Feb 10. Lancet Oncol. 2017. PMID: 28190762 Clinical Trial.