Surgery may not benefit patients with locally advanced rectal cancer who achieved clinical complete response following neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy

Surgery may not benefit patients with locally advanced rectal cancer who achieved clinical complete response following neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy

Purpose: We compared the long-term outcome of the watch and wait (WW) strategy and surgery in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer. Patients and methods: This prospective cohort study included 84 patients who achieved clinical complete response (cCR) after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NCRT...

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Main Authors: Zihan Han, Ming Li, Jiajia Chen, Dengbo Ji, Tiancheng Zhan, Yifan Peng, Weicheng Xue, Yongheng Li, Yong Cai, Yingshi Sun, Qi Wu, Changzheng Du, Jin Gu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-01-01
Series:Asian Journal of Surgery
Subjects:
Locally advanced rectal cancer
Clinical complete response
Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1015958421001767

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