In a patient with prior RT to the prostate and SVs and newly diagnosed, locally advanced rectal cancer at 10-15 cm, would you offer preoperative chemoradiation?

"Locally advanced" rectal cancer was traditionally described as T3/4N0M0 or TxN+M0 cancer, but we have advanced much farther on the characterization of this now.

We also know that the local control of patients undergoing resection for high rectal cancer (10-15 cm from the anal verge) is much better than low rectal cancer.

I am going to assume that:

1. The patient is a candidate for a low anterior resection with a continent anastomosis and
2. The tumor is currently resectable with a clear circumferential...