TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of the plane of surgery achieved on local recurrence in patients with operable rectal cancer
T2 - a prospective study using data from the MRC CR07 and NCIC-CTG CO16 randomised clinical trial
AU - Quirke, Phil
AU - Steele, Robert
AU - Monson, John
AU - Grieve, Robert
AU - Khanna, Subhash
AU - Couture, Jean
AU - O'Callaghan, Chris
AU - Myint, Arthur Sun
AU - Bessell, Eric
AU - Thompson, Lindsay C
AU - Parmar, Mahesh
AU - Stephens, Richard J
AU - Sebag-Montefiore, David
AU - MRC CR07/NCIC-CTG CO16 Trial Investigators
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Local recurrence rates in operable rectal cancer are improved by radiotherapy (with or without chemotherapy) and surgical techniques such as total mesorectal excision. However, the contributions of surgery and radiotherapy to outcomes are unclear. We assessed the effect of the involvement of the circumferential resection margin and the plane of surgery achieved.
AB - Local recurrence rates in operable rectal cancer are improved by radiotherapy (with or without chemotherapy) and surgical techniques such as total mesorectal excision. However, the contributions of surgery and radiotherapy to outcomes are unclear. We assessed the effect of the involvement of the circumferential resection margin and the plane of surgery achieved.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=61349086080&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60485-2
DO - 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60485-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 19269520
SN - 0140-6736
VL - 373
SP - 821
EP - 828
JO - Lancet
JF - Lancet
IS - 9666
ER -