Review Article

Adjuvant Second-Dose Chemotherapy before Surgery for Patients with Locally Advanced Rectal Malignancy Is Not Beneficial: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Risk of bias in the prospective randomized controlled studies.

StudyAdequate random sequence generationAllocation concealmentBlinding of participants and personnelIncomplete outcome dataSelective outcome reportingOther biases

Fernández-Martos et al. [16]YesNoYesYesYesYes
Marechal et al. [30]YesNoYesYesYesYes
Moore et al. [31]NoNoYesYesYesYes