Improved Survival with Preoperative Radiotherapy in Resectable Rectal Cancer

Swedish Rectal Cancer Trial

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Improved Survival with Preoperative Radiotherapy in Resectable Rectal Cancer

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Swedish Rectal Cancer Trial·1997·New England Journal of Medicine

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BACKGROUND: Adjuvant radiotherapy for rectal cancer has been extensively studied, but no trial has unequivocally demonstrated improved overall survival with radiotherapy, despite a reduction in the rate of local recurrence. METHODS: Between March 1987 and February 1990, we randomly assigned 1168 patients younger than 80 years of age who had resectable rectal cancer to undergo preoperative irradiation (25 Gy delivered in five fractions in one week) followed by surgery within one week or to have surgery alone. RESULTS: The irradiation did not increase postoperative mortality. After five years of follow-up, the rate of local recurrence was 11 percent (63 of 553 patients) in the group that received radiotherapy before surgery and 27 percent (150 of 557) in the group treated with surgery alone (P<0.001). This difference was found in all subgroups defined according to Dukes' stage. The overall five-year survival rate was 58 percent in the radiotherapy-plus-surgery group and 48 percent in the surgery-alone group (P=0.004). The cancer-specific survival rates at nine years among patients treated with curative resection were 74 percent and 65 percent, respectively (P=0.002). CONCLUSIONS: A short-term regimen of high-dose preoperative radiotherapy reduces rates of local recurrence and improves survival among patients with resectable rectal cancer.

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Improvement in survival rate was observed in only one trial of preoperative radiotherapy.
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Authors: Trial, S. R. C.
Affiliations: Uppsala University Hospital (SE)
Corresponding author: Swedish Rectal Cancer Trial
Venue: New England Journal of Medicine
Publisher: Massachusetts Medical Society
Published: 1997-04-03
Volume: 336
Issue: 14
Pages: 980-987
ISSN: 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
1533-4406
DOI: 10.1056/nejm199704033361402
OpenAlex: W1585172067
Cited by: 2,517
References: 37
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FWCI: 28.59
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: bronze
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Locations: New England Journal of Medicine (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments
Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas
Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment
Keywords: rectal cancer, preoperative radiotherapy, adjuvant radiotherapy, local recurrence, overall survival, curative resection, Dukes stage, high-dose radiotherapy
MeSH terms: Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Neoplasm Recurrence, Local, Neoplasm Staging, Preoperative Care, Radiation Dosage, Rectal Neoplasms, Survival Rate, Radiotherapy, Adjuvant

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Improved Survival with Preoperative Radiotherapy in Resectable Rectal Cancer

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