Abstract:e15147 Background: Various national guidance provide different approaches in adjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced rectal carcinoma initially treated with preoperative chemoradiotherapy. We evaluated the efficacy of adjuvant chemotherapy depending on the clinical stage of disease (prior to chemoradiotherapy) and yp stage (after surgery). Methods: Preoperative chemoradiotherapy was administered in 457 patients with locally advanced rectal carcinoma. Radiotherapy was performed in pts receiving capecitabine… Show more
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