Fragmented pattern of tumor regression and lateral intramural spread may influence margin appropriateness after TEM for rectal cancer following neoadjuvant CRT

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 853-858

  Perez, Rodrigo O ^a,b,c   Habr Gama, Angelita ^a,b   Smith, Fraser M ^a,d   Kosinski, Lauren ^a,e   São Julião, Guilherme P ^a   Grzona, Esteban ^a,f   Rawet, Viviane ^a   Vianna, Maria Regina ^g   Proscurshim, Igor ^a   Lynn, Patrício Bernardo ^a   Gama Rodrigues, Joaquim ^a,b  

^a Angelita and Joaquim Gama Institute   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Brazil)

^d Lillyhall Business Centre   (United Kingdom)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^f Sanatorio Guemes   (Argentina)

^g CICAP Pathology Department   (Brazil)

Author keywords

downstaging patterns; neoadjuvant therapy; rectal neoplasms; transanal endoscopic microsurgery

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL;

ADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ADULT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOCAL EXCISION; LYMPH VESSEL METASTASIS; MALE; METASTASIS; MICROSURGERY; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; PERINEURAL INVASION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

DOWNSTAGING PATTERNS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TRANSANAL ENDOSCOPIC MICROSURGERY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANAL CANAL; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL ORIFICE ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84900561880     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.23571     Document Type: Review

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