Radiation Oncology/Rectum/Review
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Rectal Cancer Review
- Surgical margin
- R0 typically defined as >1 mm
- Prognostic impact on LR and OS
- Neoadjuvant chemo-RT
- Superior over adjuvant chemo-RT: German Rectal Trial
- Superior over neoadjuvant RT alone: EORTC 22921 and FFCD 9203
- No difference in OS, 5-year ~65%
- Significant benefit for LR 16-17% -> 8-9%
- R0 ~90%; ypCR 15-20%
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