In rectal cancer patients receiving total neoadjuvant therapy, do you prefer chemotherapy followed by long-course chemoradiation, or short-course RT followed by chemotherapy?
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What treatment regimen do you recommend for locally advanced rectal cancer?
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Radiation Oncology · Henry Ford Health System
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We now have level 1 evidence showing the superiority of a few TNT regimens over standard chemoradiation->surgery->chemotherapy for these patients. There are going to be some stage II/III patients where TNT is overtreatment (ie, may be able to avoid the chemotherapy, radiation or surgery), but that c...
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Radiation Oncology · Cancer Care Centers of Brevard
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Any updates to this in light of recent data from RAPIDO regarding worse LC in SC?
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