title: Multidisciplinary approach to locally advanced rectal cancer: results of a single institution trial.
abstract: Locally advanced rectal cancer carries out a dismail prognosis despite optimal surgery in terms of local and distant relapses. Neoadjuvant chemoradiation offers good results with tumor downstaging and downsizing and leads to more radical surgery with conservative intent. Selection of patients and an intensive chemotherapy may improve long term results. Our experience with a combined polichemotherapy and radiotherapy for low advanced rectal cancer is presented.
authors.affiliation: Colorectal Cancer Cooperative Team, Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Napoli.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Delrio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Avallone
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guida
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lastoria
authors.forename: F
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authors.lastname: Tatangelo
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Cascini
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authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Marone
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Petrillo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Budillon
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Di Marzo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Palaia
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authors.lastname: Albino
authors.forename: V
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authors.lastname: De Rosa
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Parisi
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*