Abstract:Background: During the past decades, improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of rectal cancer have led to better survival and local disease control. However, the trimodality therapy of chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgery for intermediate-and high-risk rectal cancer can result in late sequelae, with an impact on the patients' activities of daily living, being crucial the long-term monitoring of treatment side effects. This study aims to assess the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of rectal cancer … Show more
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