Long-Term Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Rectal Cancer After Preoperative Short-Course and Long-Course (Chemo) Radiotherapy
Abstract
BackgroundBoth preoperative short-course radiotherapy (SC-PRT) and preoperative long-course chemo radiotherapy (CRT) have shown to reduce local recurrence rates after total mesorectal excision (TME), but neither resulted in improved survival. This study compared the long-term health-related quality of life (HRQL) and symptoms between CRT and SC-PRT.MethodsPatients who were preoperatively treated with a total dose of 50.0 to 50.4 Gy for locally...
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Title
Long-Term Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Rectal Cancer After Preoperative Short-Course and Long-Course (Chemo) Radiotherapy
Published Date
Sep 1, 2016
Journal
Volume
15
Issue
3
Pages
e93 - e99
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