@article{505ee8f981fa42fea2e49135b853ca74,
title = "The evaluation of low dose pre‐operative X‐ray therapy in the management of operable rectal cancer; results of a randomly controlled trial",
abstract = "824 patients with operable rectal carcinoma were randomly allocated to be treated by surgery alone, 2000 rad in 10 daily fractions and 500 rad as a single fraction. No difference has been demonstrated in the actuarial survival rates to 5 years. The local recurrence‐free and metastasis‐free rates are similar in all groups. There is also no evidence that the pre‐operative radiotherapy benefited patients in subgroups by Dukes' stage. The complication rates were also similar in the three treatment groups.",
keywords = "Adjuvant X‐ray therapy, complication rates, pre‐operative treatment, rectal cancer, survival rates",
author = "W. Duncan and Smith, {A. N.} and Freedman, {L. S.} and Alderson, {M. R.} and Arnott, {S. J.} and Bleehen, {N. M.} and Bond, {W. H.} and D. Crowther and Deeley, {T. J.} and Duthie, {H. L.} and Dykes, {P. W.} and Fielding, {L. P.} and Flatman, {G. E.} and Goligher, {J. C.} and Hawley, {P. R.} and Hughes, {L. E.} and Joslin, {C. A.F.} and Koriech, {O. M.} and Morson, {B. C.} and Oates, {G. D.} and Peckham, {M. J.} and Sandland, {M. R.} and Schofield, {P. F.} and W. Slack and G. Slaney and Smith, {J. A.R.} and Scott, {J. Stewart} and Whitehouse, {J. M.A.} and Wrigley, {P. F.M.} and A. York‐Mason",
year = "1984",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1002/bjs.1800710107",
language = "אנגלית",
volume = "71",
pages = "21--25",
journal = "British Journal of Surgery",
issn = "0007-1323",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "1",
}
