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Publication Name World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology
Manuscript ID 52574
Country/Territory Germany
Category Methodology
Manuscript Type Evidence-Based Medicine
Article Title Adjuvant chemotherapy in curatively resected rectal cancer: How valid are the data?
Manuscript Source Unsolicited Manuscript
All Author List Giulia Manzini, Fabius Hapke, Ian N Hines, Doris Henne-Bruns and Michael Kremer
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author Giulia Manzini, MD, MSc, Doctor, Surgeon, Department of General and Visceral Surgery, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 23, Ulm 89081, Germany. giulia.manzini@uniklinik-ulm.de
Key Words Rectal cancer; Validity; Meta-analysis; CONSORT checklist; Postoperative chemotherapy; Overall survival
Core Tip The role of adjuvant chemotherapy (CTx) in curatively resected rectal cancer needs to be considered cautiously. Petersen et al. published a Cochrane review in 2012 which found an improvement in survival in patients receiving adjuvant CTx after surgery in comparison to those who were treated by surgery only. The result was based on 21 studies, 5 of them supporting the advantage of CTx. Among these, we selected the three most powerful studies and assessed their validity, which was poor. Surprisingly, our meta-analysis without these studies yielded similar results as the original study (still in favor of adjuvant CTx).
Citation Manzini G, Hapke F, Hines IN, Henne-Bruns D, Kremer M. Adjuvant chemotherapy in curatively resected rectal cancer: How valid are the data? World J Gastrointest Oncol 2020; 12(4): 503-513
Received
2019-11-07 10:40
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ISSN 1948-5204 (online)
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