title: Palliative radiotherapy and chemotherapy instead of surgery in symptomatic rectal cancer with synchronous unresectable metastases: long-term results of a phase II study.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Radiotherapy , Maria Skłodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Centre , Warsaw , Poland.
authors.forename: Dobromira
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tyc-Szczepaniak
authors.affiliation: a Department of Radiotherapy , Maria Skłodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Centre , Warsaw , Poland.|b Clinical Oncology Division of Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology , Maria Skłodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Centre , Warsaw , Poland.
authors.forename: Lucjan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wyrwicz
authors.affiliation: a Department of Radiotherapy , Maria Skłodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Centre , Warsaw , Poland.
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wiśniowska
authors.affiliation: c Department of Clinical Trials and Biostatistics Unit , Maria Skłodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Centre , Warsaw , Poland.
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Michalski
authors.affiliation: a Department of Radiotherapy , Maria Skłodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Centre , Warsaw , Poland.
authors.forename: Lucyna
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pietrzak
authors.affiliation: a Department of Radiotherapy , Maria Skłodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Centre , Warsaw , Poland.
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bujko
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D059248:Chemoradiotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome