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SUBMITTER: Geinitz H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7227338 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Radiation oncology (London, England) 20200514 1
<h4>Purpose</h4>To report the long-term outcomes of neoadjuvant altered fractionation short-course radiotherapy in 271 consecutive patients with stage II-III rectal cancer.<h4>Patients and methods</h4>This was a retrospective single institution study with median follow-up of 101 months (8.4 years). Patients who were alive at the time of analysis in 2018 were contacted to obtain functional outcome data (phone interview). Radiotherapy consisted of 25 Gy in 10 fractions of 2.5 Gy administered twice ...[more]