Management of Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer During The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Necessary Paradigm Change at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

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Radiation Oncology · Henry Ford Health System

Short answer: No, there is no data suggesting that this regimen and its longer wait is detrimental to operative morbidity for rectal cancer. Long answer: The concern about the delay from TNT, whether short course radiation->chemotherapy OR chemoradiation->chemotherapy prior to surgery has been addre...