Postoperative mortality in rectal cancer
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Dr T. Holm; L.-E. Rutqvist; H. Johansson; B. Cedermark
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Article
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1996
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Adjuvant preoperative radiotherapy in patients with rectal cancer improves local control and possibly overall survival. However, an increased postoperative mortality rate after radiotherapy has been observed in some trials. This study was based on 1399 patients in two randomized trials of radiother