Short Course or Long Course Radiotherapy as Total Neoadjuvant Therapy in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer
This study compares two standard radiotherapy approaches (short-course vs. long-course) given before surgery in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer. The goal is to see which treatment is more effective and better tolerated.
Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the rectum [+12]
Metastatic disease at presentation (distant nodes, liver, lung, peritoneum, etc.... [+7]