The efficacy and safety of different radiotherapy doses in neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer

This study aimed to evaluate efficacy and adverse effects of different radiotherapy (RT) doses in neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer.Fifty-nine patients with locally advanced rectal cancer who underwent neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in hospital between January 2015 and May 2017 were enrolled in retrospective analysis. The patients were divided into the 56-Gy group and the 50-Gy group. The concurrent chemotherapy...