Implications for selecting local excision in locally advanced rectal cancer after preoperative chemoradiation

Local excision may offer the possibility of organ preservation for the management of locally advanced rectal cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT). However, the oncological outcomes of this strategy have been largely associated with the risk of nodal metastases. In this study, Surveillanc...

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Main Authors: Wan, Juefeng, Liu, Kaitai, Zhu, Ji, Li, Guichao, Zhang, Zhen
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Impact Journals LLC 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4484489/