The Stockholm I trial of preoperative sh
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BjΓΆrn Cedermark; Hemming Johansson; Lars Erik Rutqvist
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Article
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1995
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Background. From 1980 to 1987, 849 patients with clinically resectable rectal adenocarcinoma were randomized into a controlled clinical trial to evaluate the role of preoperative radiotherapy. Methods. Patients were given either 25 Gy during 5 to 7 days before surgery or underwent surgery alone. R