American Society of Clinical Oncology: Radiation Can Be Safely Omitted in Select Patients With Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer
June 05, 2023
June 05, 2023
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 5 (TNSjou) -- The American Society of Clinical Oncology issued the following news release:
Patients with locally advanced rectal cancer with tumors that respond to chemotherapy can safely forego radiation therapy before surgery based on the findings of federally funded research that will be presented at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and simultaneously published in the New England Journal of Medicine (efficacy) . . .
Patients with locally advanced rectal cancer with tumors that respond to chemotherapy can safely forego radiation therapy before surgery based on the findings of federally funded research that will be presented at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and simultaneously published in the New England Journal of Medicine (efficacy) . . .