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Controversies in Radiation Oncology

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Radiation therapy has a well-established role in the treatment of locally advanced, clinically node-positive rectal cancer. Radiation therapy has been demonstrated in numerous randomized trials to decrease the rates of local failure. There are two radiation treatment schemas which have been proven to be effective, including standard fractionated chemoradiation and short-course radiation therapy. More recent studies are evaluating the potential impact of omission of radiation therapy and surgical resection, respectively, for favorable-risk locally advanced tumors.

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  1. University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Ann Raldow M.D., M.P.H.

  2. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Jennifer Wo M.D.

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA

    Simon S. Lo

  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA

    Bin S. Teh

  3. Department of Radiation Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China

    Guo-Liang Jiang

  4. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Nina A. Mayr

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Raldow, A., Wo, J. (2018). Rectal Cancer. In: Lo, S., Teh, B., Jiang, GL., Mayr, N. (eds) Controversies in Radiation Oncology. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2018_175

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