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Would having mucinous rectal adenocarcinoma impact your recommendation for short vs long course RT as part of a TNT regimen?

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Radiation Oncology · Washington University School of Medicine

I would have no problem treating this case with five fractions of 5 Gy, followed ~2 weeks later with total neoadjuvant chemotherapy, followed by extirpative surgery; with the RT/surgical template similar to that of the investigational arm of the RAPIDO study (Bahadoer et al., PMID 33301740).

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