TY - JOUR AU - Martini, Stefania AU - Iorio, Giuseppe Carlo AU - Arcadipane, Francesca AU - Ricardi, Umberto AU - Franco, Pierfrancesco PY - 2019 TI - The importance of loco-regional control in metastatic rectal cancer JF - Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology; Vol 3 (June 2019): Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology Y2 - 2019 KW - N2 - The number of new cases of rectal cancer (RC) estimated per year is across 704,000 worldwide. Approximately 310,000 death cases are reported per year among RC patients, globally (1). Roughly 20% of patients with RC present with metastatic disease and their prognosis depends on the extent of tumor burden (2). UR - https://tro.amegroups.org/article/view/5102