Management of complete response after chemoradiation in rectal cancer

There are an increasing number of reports on nonoperative management of rectal cancer patients who achieve a dramatic response to neoadjuvant therapy. This review discusses the current literature, and describes treatment strategies for patients who have a complete clinical response on follow-up endo...

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Published inSurgical oncology clinics of North America Vol. 23; no. 1; p. 113
Main Authors Weiser, Martin R, Beets-Tan, Regina, Beets, Gerard
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.01.2014
Subjects
Chemoradiotherapy
Disease Management
Humans
Rectal Neoplasms - therapy
Remission Induction
Treatment Outcome
Neoadjuvant therapy
Non-operative management
Rectal cancer
Complete clinical response
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Summary:There are an increasing number of reports on nonoperative management of rectal cancer patients who achieve a dramatic response to neoadjuvant therapy. This review discusses the current literature, and describes treatment strategies for patients who have a complete clinical response on follow-up endoscopy after chemoradiotherapy.
ISSN:1558-5042
DOI:10.1016/j.soc.2013.09.012