Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

1 questions · 1 findings · 1 reviews

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 1 · 100%High 0 · 0%

Local recurrence · People with localised rectal carcinoma

Preoperative radiotherapy probably leads to lower local recurrence ( compared with surgery alone (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Preoperative radiotherapy and curative surgery for the management of localised rectal carcinoma 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Peto OR 0.48 [0.4, 0.57]
4 studies · 4663 participants
Moderate