New Perspectives on Predictive Biomarkers of Tumor Response and Their Clinical Application in Preoperative Chemoradiation Therapy for Rectal Cancer

Preoperative chemoradiation therapy (CRT) is the standard treatment for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) and can improve local control and survival outcomes. However, the responses of individual tumors to CRT are not uniform and vary widely, from complete response to disease progr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kim, Nam Kyu, Hur, Hyuk
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Yonsei University College of Medicine 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4630032/