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Traditionally, there has been a high local recurrence rate after radical surgery in rectal cancer, and 10–40% of patients require a permanent stoma. Both short-course preoperative radiotherapy (SCPRT) and long-course preoperative chemoradiation (CRT) are advocated to reduce this risk of local recurrence and enable a curative resection. The role of preoperative radiotherapy to facilitate sphincter sparing surgery remains highly contentious.
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Sebag-Montefiore, D., Glynne-Jones, R. (2012). When Should Preoperative Short-Course Radiotherapy or Long-Course Chemoradiotherapy Be Performed?. In: Valentini, V., Schmoll, HJ., van de Velde, C. (eds) Multidisciplinary Management of Rectal Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25005-7_12
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