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Comment on: “Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is noninferior to chemoradiotherapy for early-onset locally advanced rectal cancer in the FOWARC trial”

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  1. Department of Pharmacy, The First People’s Hospital of Shangqiu, Shangqiu, 476100, PR China

    Letian Qiao & Yuan Liu

  2. Department of Oncology, The First People’s Hospital of Shangqiu, Shangqiu, 476100, PR China

    Qiumin Yang

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Letian Qiao wrote the manuscript, Qiumin Yang provided methodological and theoretical support, and Yuan Liu revised the manuscript and provided financial support.

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Qiao, L., Liu, Y. & Yang, Q. Comment on: “Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is noninferior to chemoradiotherapy for early-onset locally advanced rectal cancer in the FOWARC trial”. Br J Cancer 130, 1432–1433 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-024-02690-y

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