Bowel (colorectal) cancer, Rectal cancer
Results
Pilot
This study compared surgery to remove the whole back passage (rectum), to radiotherapy followed by surgery to remove the part of the rectum.
The study was supported by Cancer Research UK. It was open for people to join between 2012 and 2014, and the team published the results in 2021. There is a link to more information in the ‘Summary of results’ section below.
Recruitment start: 22 February 2012
Recruitment end: 19 December 2014
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Professor Simon Bach
Cancer Research UK
NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer
National Cancer Research Institute Colorectal Cancer Clinical Studies Group
University of Birmingham
This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUK/09/032.
The team went on to run a larger trial looking at this, and we have information on our database about the STAR-TREC trial.
Last reviewed: 17 April 2024
CRUK internal database number: 4279
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