Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Jin F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7052459 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jin Fu F Luo Huanli H Zhou Juan J Wu Yongzhong Y Sun Hao H Liu Hongliang H Zheng Xiaodong X Wang Ying Y
Therapeutic advances in medical oncology 20200229
Chemoradiotherapy (CRT) is extensively used prior to surgery for rectal cancer to provide significantly better local control, but the radiotherapy (RT), as the other component of CRT, has been subject to less interest than the drug component in recent years. With considerable developments in RT, the use of advanced techniques, such as intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) in rectal cancer, is garnering more attention nowadays. The radiation dose can be better conformed to the target volumes wi ...[more]