823 patients with stage II/III rectal
cancer
Randomly assigned
Preoperative 28 x 1.8 Gy + 5FU
Postoperative 31 x 1.8 Gy + 5FU
(
5 FU: 120 h CI, 1000 mg/m
2/day
, week 1 & 5)
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