Open AccessGender-related prognostic significance of clinical and biological tumor features in rectal cancer patients receiving short-course preoperative radiotherapy
Author(s) -
Anna Gasińska,
Zbigniew Darasz,
Agnieszka Adamczyk,
Beata Biesaga,
Joaniemiec,
Marian Reinfuss
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2083-4640
pISSN - 1507-1367
DOI - 10.1016/j.rpor.2017.07.002
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , oncology , proportional hazards model , metastasis , stage (stratigraphy) , multivariate analysis , cancer , confidence interval , colorectal cancer , surgery , biology , paleontology
To study the prognostic value of clinical and biological features of rectal cancer and potential gender differences in patients' overall survival (OS), local recurrence-free survival (RFS) and metastasis-free survival (MFS) after short-course preoperative radiotherapy (SCRT) with short or long interval between RT and surgery (break).