Acute treatment-related diarrhea during postoperative adjuvant therapy for high-risk rectal carcinoma

Purpose: The combination of pelvic radiotherapy and 5-fluorouracil–based chemotherapy is associated with an increase in acute gastrointestinal toxicity during rectal adjuvant therapy, most notably an increased incidence of diarrhea. Previous randomized, prospective studies have limited their analysi...

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