Time to surgery and pathologic complete response after neoadjuvant chemoradiation in rectal cancer: A population study on 2094 patients

Background: To retrospectively evaluate the difference in terms of pathologic complete response (pCR) according to time elapsed between chemoradiation (CRT) and total mesorectal excision (TME) on a large unselected real-life dataset of locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) patients. Methods: A multi...

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Main Authors: Gabriella Macchia, Maria Antonietta Gambacorta, Carlotta Masciocchi, Giuditta Chiloiro, Giovanna Mantello, Maika di Benedetto, Marco Lupattelli, Elisa Palazzari, Liliana Belgioia, Almalina Bacigalupo, Aldo Sainato, Sabrina Montrone, Lucia Turri, Angela Caroli, Antonino De Paoli, Fabio Matrone, Carlo Capirci, Giampaolo Montesi, Rita Marina Niespolo, Mattia Falchetto Osti, Luciana Caravatta, Alessandra Galardi, Domenico Genovesi, Maria Elena Rosetto, Caterina Boso, Piera Sciacero, Lucia Giaccherini, Salvatore Parisi, Antonella Fontana, Francesco Romeo Filippone, Vincenzo Picardi, Alessio Giuseppe Morganti, Vincenzo Valentini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-06-01
Series:Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405630817300022