Open AccessPreoperative Radiotherapy Improves Survival for Patients Undergoing Total Mesorectal Excision for Stage T3 Low Rectal Cancers
Author(s) -
Conor P. Delaney,
Ian C. Lavery,
Antônio Sérgio Brenner,
Jeffrey Hammel,
Anthony J. Senagore,
R. Barrett Noone,
Victor W. Fazio
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-200208000-00008
Subject(s) - medicine , total mesorectal excision , colorectal cancer , abdominoperineal resection , stage (stratigraphy) , surgery , prospective cohort study , radiation therapy , anal verge , rectum , cancer , paleontology , biology
To examine the effect of preoperative radiotherapy (PRT) on patients who undergo rectal resection with total mesorectal excision (TME) for stage T3 low rectal cancers.