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Population‐based study of morbidity risk associated with pathological complete response after chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer

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Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) for locally advanced rectal cancer may induce a pathological complete response (pCR) but increase surgical morbidity due to radiation‐induced fibrosis. In this study the association between pCR… Click to show full abstract

Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) for locally advanced rectal cancer may induce a pathological complete response (pCR) but increase surgical morbidity due to radiation‐induced fibrosis. In this study the association between pCR and postoperative surgical morbidity was investigated.

Keywords: rectal cancer; chemoradiotherapy; pathological complete; morbidity; complete response

Journal Title: British Journal of Surgery
Year Published: 2019

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