Survival in Rectal Cancer Improved by Response to Neoadjuvant Ra...

Courtesy MedPage Today Surgery  Mon, 02/16/2009 - 14:00

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (MedPage Today) -- Advanced rectal cancer that responds to neoadjuvant radiation therapy has a significantly more favorable survival rate compared with a nonresponding tumor, investigators here reported.


 

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