Across European countries the use of chemotherapy and radiotherapy differs considerably, according to the primary results from an international comparison of the care of patients with rectal cancer. The European Registration of Cancer Care (EURECCA) investigation, started by ECCO - the European CanCer Organization - analyzed the treatment of 6,597 individuals who were diagnosed with rectal cancer between the years 2008 and 2009 in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and The Netherlands. The study also compared the numbers of deaths 30 days after the operation. Today, Dr...
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