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The predictive values of sarcopenia screening tools in preoperative elderly patients with colorectal cancer: applying the diagnostic criteria of EWGSOP2 and AWGS2019 | BMC Geriatrics

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Rawla P, Sunkara T, Barsouk A. Epidemiology of colorectal cancer: incidence, mortality, survival, and risk factors. Prz Gastroenterol. 2019;14(2):89–103. CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar  Sun G, Li Y, Peng Y, Lu D, Zhang F, Cui X, Zhang Q, Li Z. Can sarcopenia be a predictor of prognosis for patients with non-metastatic colorectal cancer? A … Read more

Radiation Intensification Enhances Response in Rectal Cancer

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TOPLINE: In patients with locally advanced rectal cancer who receive neoadjuvant therapy, radiation dose intensification improves pathologic complete response but leads to a small increase in acute toxicities. METHODOLOGY: Preoperative radiochemotherapy is standard of care for treating locally advanced rectal cancer, but 20%-30% of the patients develop metastatic disease. Although radiation dose escalation has been … Read more