Restaging after neoadjuvant chemoradiation in rectal cancers: is histology the key in patient selection?

BACKGROUND: Neoadjuvant chemoradiation is the standard of care for locally advanced rectal cancer. However, there is no clarity regarding the necessity for restaging scans to rule out systemic progression of disease post chemoradiation with existing literature being divided on the need for the same....

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Published in:J Gastrointest Oncol
Main Authors: Singhal, Nitin, Vallam, Karthik, Engineer, Reena, Ostwal, Vikas, Arya, Supreeta, Saklani, Avanish
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: AME Publishing Company 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4880789/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27284467
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.21037/jgo.2016.01.08
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