Conclusions and Relevance
rectal cancer
RECTAL CANCER, RECTAL CANCER
This cohort study suggests that advancements in salvage strategies during the past decades have likely improved overall survival among patients with rectal cancer who experienced treatment failure.This cohort study analyzes the trend of overall survival after treatment failure for patients with rectal cancer in 3 consecutive phase 2 or 3 trials of the German Rectal Cancer Study Group.