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There has been a considerable change in attitude in recent years towards the use of radiotherapy in rectal cancer. This had come about partly because of an appreciation of the palliative value of x-ray therapy in patients with symptoms from inoperable or recurrent cancer, but also as a result of a greater awareness of the contribution irradiation may make to improved cure rates in early tumours.
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Arnott, S.J. (1982). Radiotherapy. In: Duncan, W. (eds) Colorectal Cancer. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 83. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81802-8_11
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