Clinical utility of pretreatment prediction of chemoradiotherapy response in rectal cancer: A review

EPMA Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 61-67

  Yoo, Byong Chul ^a   Yeo, Seung Gu ^b  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^b Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chemoradiotherapy; Non operative; Prediction; Rectal cancer; Response; Wait and see; Watch and wait

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; K RAS PROTEIN; MOLECULAR MARKER; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; VASCULOTROPIN;

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COLOSTOMY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW; TOTAL MESORECTAL EXCISION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 85016151083     PISSN: 18785077     EISSN: 18785085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13167-017-0082-x     Document Type: Review

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