Annals of Oncology Advance Access originally published online on January 12, 2006
Annals of Oncology 2006 17(7):1173-1174; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdj124
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© 2006 European Society for Medical Oncology
letter to the editor |
Reply to Letter to the Editor Weekly oxaliplatin and pre-operative radiotherapy as a new neoadjuvant therapy for locally advanced rectal cancer, by T. Watanabe et al. (Ann Oncol 2006; 17: 1173)
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The letter by Watanabe et al. regarding the report of our phase III study of weekly oxaliplatin and infused 5-fluorouracil combined with standard pre-operative radiotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer, published in the July 2005 issue of Annals of Oncology [1
], gives us the opportunity to define more clearly the surgical complications of this regimen. In summary, data on post-operative morbidity have been requested, concern has been raised on
1 Department of Medical Oncology and Cancer Prevention, E. O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; 2 Department of Radiotherapy, Padova University Hospital, Padova; 3 Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Regional Cancer Centre, Padova; 4 Clinica Chirurgica II, Padova University Hospital, Padova, Italy
* (E-mail: carlo.aschele@galliera.it)