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SUBMITTER: Gonzalez-Flores E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5138264 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
González-Flores E E Losa F F Pericay C C Polo E E Roselló S S Safont M J MJ Vera R R Aparicio J J Cano M T MT Fernández-Martos C C
Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico 20161130 12
Localized rectal adenocarcinoma is a heterogeneous disease and current treatment recommendations are based on a preoperative multidisciplinary evaluation. High-resolution magnetic resonance imaging and endoscopic ultrasound are complementary to do a locoregional accurate staging. Surgery remains the mainstay of treatment and preoperative therapies with chemoradiation (CRT) or short-course radiation (SCRT) must be considered in more locally advanced cases. Novel strategies with induction chemothe ...[more]