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Pre-operative chemoradiotherapy is feasible and safe:
early results from the TOPGEAR study
PART 1 (n=120):
• Grade ≥3 anastomotic leakage:
5.6% vs. 7.8%
• Grade ≥3 intra-abdominal sepsis:
Leong et al. BMC Cancer 2015, ECC Vienna 2015
7.4% vs. 5.9%