Rectal Cancer
Research Conducted at University Medical Center Has Updated Our Knowledge about Rectal Cancer
Published in Women's Health Weekly, July 28th, 2011
2011 JUL 28 -- New investigation results, "Gender-specific acute organ toxicity during intensified preoperative radiochemotherapy for rectal cancer," are detailed in a study published in The Oncologist. "Patients with locally advanced rectal cancer (cUICC stages II/III) are typically treated with preoperative 5-fluorouracil-based (5-FU-based) radiochemotherapy (RCT). However, trials are currently being conducted to improve the complete remission rates and the systemic control by combining 5-FU with oxaliplatin," scientists in Gottingen, Germany report.
"The primary objective was to identify the subgroups of rectal cancer patients who were at risk for...
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