Preoperative long-course chemoradiotherapy plus adjuvant chemotherapy versus short-course radiotherapy without adjuvant chemotherapy both with delayed surgery for stage II-III resectable rectal cancer: 5-Year survival data of a randomized controlled trial

The 5-year DFS and OS were significantly better in the CRT than the SCRT group. For ITT population, OS was also significantly better after CRT versus SCRT.