Development of a long non-coding RNA signature for prediction of response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced rectal adenocarcinoma.

Standard treatment for locally advanced rectal adenocarcinoma (LARC) includes a combination of chemotherapy with pyrimidine analogues, such as capecitabine, and radiation therapy, followed by surgery. Currently no clinically useful genomic predictors of benefit from neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nC...

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Main Authors: Lorenzo Ferrando, Gabriella Cirmena, Anna Garuti, Stefano Scabini, Federica Grillo, Luca Mastracci, Edoardo Isnaldi, Ciro Marrone, Roberta Gonella, Roberto Murialdo, Roberto Fiocca, Emanuele Romairone, Alberto Ballestrero, Gabriele Zoppoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226595