Upfront Systemic Chemotherapy and Short-Course Radiotherapy with Delayed Surgery for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer with Distant Metastases: Outcomes, Compliance, and Favorable Prognostic Factors

Hong In Yoon; Woong Sub Koom; Tae Hyung Kim; Joong Bae Ahn; Minkyu Jung; Tae Il Kim; Hoguen Kim; Sang Joon Shin; Nam Kyu Kim

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161475

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Upfront Systemic Chemotherapy and Short-Course Radiotherapy with Delayed Surgery for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer with Distant Metastases: Outcomes, Compliance, and Favorable Prognostic Factors

Hong In Yoon ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Hong In Yoon, Woong Sub Koom

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Yonsei Cancer Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Korea
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Woong Sub Koom ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Hong In Yoon, Woong Sub Koom

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Yonsei Cancer Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Korea
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Tae Hyung Kim,

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Yonsei Cancer Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Korea
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Joong Bae Ahn,

Affiliation Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei Cancer Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Korea
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Minkyu Jung,

Affiliation Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei Cancer Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Korea
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Tae Il Kim,

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Korea
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Hoguen Kim,

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Korea, Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Korea
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Sang Joon Shin ,

* E-mail: SSJ338@yuhs.ac (SJS); and NAMKYUK@yuhs.ac (NKK)

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei Cancer Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Korea
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Nam Kyu Kim

* E-mail: SSJ338@yuhs.ac (SJS); and NAMKYUK@yuhs.ac (NKK)

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Korea
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Upfront Systemic Chemotherapy and Short-Course Radiotherapy with Delayed Surgery for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer with Distant Metastases: Outcomes, Compliance, and Favorable Prognostic Factors

Hong In Yoon,
Woong Sub Koom,
Tae Hyung Kim,
Joong Bae Ahn,
Minkyu Jung,
Tae Il Kim,
Hoguen Kim,
Sang Joon Shin,
Nam Kyu Kim

Published: August 18, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0161475

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