Preoporative Bevacizumab, Radiation Therapy, and XELOX Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced Nonmetastatic Rectal Cancer

Summary

We presumed that the addition of a monoclonal antibody Bevacizumab into radiation therapy and combination chemotherapy could results in improved pathologic tumor regression grade (TRG) in locally advanced nonmetastatic rectal cancer.

Timeline

Start

2013-03

Primary completion

2015-06

Completion

2020-03

Publications

• Yu X, Wang QX, Xiao WW, Chang H, Zeng ZF, Lu ZH, Wu XJ, Chen G, Pan ZZ, Wan DS, Ding PR, Gao YH. Neoadjuvant oxaliplatin and capecitabine combined with bevacizumab plus radiotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer: results of a single-institute phase II study. Cancer Commun (Lond). 2018 May 21;38(1):24. doi: 10.1186/s40880-018-0294-z.

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