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The TME Trial After a Median Follow-up of 6 Years: Increased Local Control But No Survival Benefit in Irradiated Patients With Resectable Rectal Carcinoma CME DisclosuresRelease Date: December 10, 2007; Valid for credit through December 10, 2008 |
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| Preoperative short-term radiation therapy appears to improve the risk for local recurrence of resectable rectal carcinoma in the short term, but the long-term effects of this treatment are less clear. The current study reports on over 6 years of follow-up data from a controlled trial of preoperative radiation therapy for rectal carcinoma. - The TME Trial After a Median Follow-up of 6 Years: Increased Local Control But No Survival Benefit in Irradiated Patients With Resectable Rectal Carcinoma
Koen C.M.J. Peeters, MD
Corrie A.M. Marijnen, MD, PhD
Iris D. Nagtegaal, MD, PhD
Elma Klein Kranenbarg, MSc
Hein Putter, MD
Theo Wiggers, MD, PhD
Harm Rutten, MD, PhD
Lars Pahlman, MD, PhD
Bengt Glimelius, MD, PhD
Jan Willem Leer, MD, PhD
Cornelis J.H. van de Velde, MD, PhD
Dutch Colorectal Cancer Group
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