Is local excision after complete pathological response to neoadjuvant chemoradiation for rectal cancer an acceptable treatment option?

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1624-1631

  Kundel, Yulia ^a,b   Brenner, Ronen ^a   Purim, Ofer ^a,b   Peled, Nir ^a,b   Idelevich, Efraim ^c   Fenig, Eyal ^a,b   Sulkes, Aaron ^a,b   Brenner, Baruch ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Local excision; Preoperative chemoradiation; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

CAPECITABINE; FLUOROPYRIMIDINE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; OXALIPLATIN; UFT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651514119     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e3181f5b64d     Document Type: Article

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