To determine complete resection and sphincter preservation rates, down-staging, local control and survival associated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) using a moderately high pelvic radiation dose before surgery in rectal cancer.
Department of Radiation Oncology, Gil Medical Center, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, 1198 Guwol-dong, Namdong-gu, Incheon 405-760, Republic of Korea.