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Do you offer neoadjuvant FOLFOX for elderly patients with locally advanced rectal cancer receiving short course radiation?

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Radiation Oncology · Mayo Clinic School of Medicine

I would approach this case somewhat analogously to the bulk of cases of locally advanced rectal cancer by first getting an understanding of the patient's physiologic age/functional status, surgeon’s opinion on operability and concern for margins, and imaging-defined risk factors- location of tumor a...

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