Adding Consolidation Capecitabine to Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: A Propensity-Matched Comparative Study
AimTo determine whether adding consolidation capecitabine chemotherapy without lengthening the waiting period influences pathological complete response (pCR) and short-term outcome of locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) receiving neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NCRT).MethodTotally, 545 LARC who rec...
Main Authors: | Yifang Fang, Chengmin Sheng, Feng Ding, Weijie Zhao, Guoxian Guan, Xing Liu |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Frontiers Media S.A.
2022-01-01
|
Series: | Frontiers in Surgery |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2021.770767/full |
Similar Items
-
Preoperative chemoradiotherapy with capecitabine and triweekly oxaliplatin versus capecitabine monotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer: a propensity-score matched study
by: Anchuan Li, et al.
Published: (2022-07-01) -
Clinical benefits of oral capecitabine over intravenous 5-fluorouracyl regimen in case of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery for locally advanced rectal cancer
by: Attila Paszt, et al.
Published: (2022-12-01) -
Local resection versus radical resection after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer: a propensity-score matched cohort analysis
by: Guancong Wang, et al.
Published: (2023-06-01) -
Prolonged neoadjuvant chemotherapy without radiation versus total neoadjuvant therapy for locally advanced rectal cancer: A propensity score matched study
by: Xuan Zhao, et al.
Published: (2022-09-01) -
2-CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT OF RECTAL ADENOCARCINOMA AFTER NEOADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY, IS IT ACCEPTABLE?
by: Majeed H Alwan
Published: (2009-06-01)