New trial flips the script: chemo before surgery for rectal cancer

NCT ID NCT04495088

Summary

This study is comparing two treatment strategies for people with a specific type of rectal cancer that has a low risk of returning in the pelvis. The goal is to see if giving a 3-month course of chemotherapy before surgery is better than having surgery first followed by chemotherapy based on the final pathology report. Researchers want to find out which approach better prevents the cancer from coming back elsewhere in the body and improves survival, while also aiming to reduce side effects and improve quality of life.

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Contacts and locations

Study contacts

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Locations

  • Unversity Hospital Mannheim

    RECRUITING

    Mannheim, 68167, Germany

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