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SUBMITTER: Kim MJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5134846 | biostudies-other | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Kim Min Jung MJ Kim Sang Jin SJ Park Sung-Chan SC Kim Dae Yong DY Park Ji Won JW Ryoo Seung-Bum SB Jeong Seung-Yong SY Park Kyu Joo KJ Oh Heung Kwon HK Kim Duck-Woo DW Kang Sung-Bum SB Joo Jung Nam JN Oh Jae Hwan JH
Medicine 20161101 47
The role of pelvic radiotherapy (RT) in stage IV rectal cancer with total mesorectal excision (TME) has not been defined. We evaluated the impact of RT on oncologic outcomes among patients with stage IV rectal cancer who underwent TME and performed a meta-analysis of published studies.The records of stage IV rectal cancer patients who underwent TME between August 2001 and December 2011 were reviewed. Patients who received pelvic RT (RT group) and those who did not (non-RT group) were matched usi ...[more]