Long-term outcome in patients with a pathological complete response after chemoradiation for rectal cancer: a pooled analysis of individual patient data.

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Published in Lancet Oncol on August 06, 2010

Authors

Monique Maas1, Patty J Nelemans, Vincenzo Valentini, Prajnan Das, Claus Rödel, Li-Jen Kuo, Felipe A Calvo, Julio García-Aguilar, Rob Glynne-Jones, Karin Haustermans, Mohammed Mohiuddin, Salvatore Pucciarelli, William Small, Javier Suárez, George Theodoropoulos, Sebastiano Biondo, Regina G H Beets-Tan, Geerard L Beets

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, Netherlands.

Associated clinical trials:

Prediction of Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy in Rectal Cancer (PRENT-LARC) | NCT02439086

Functional Outcome of Organ Preservation After Neo-adjuvant Chemo Radiation for Rectal Cancer | NCT02278653

Diagnostic Value of Novel MR Imaging Techniques for the Primary Staging and Restaging of Rectal Cancer | NCT01721785

Patients With Rectal Cancer: a "Wait-and-see" Approach | NCT03001362

Complete Pathologic Response Rectal Cancers (CORSiCA) | NCT03351959

Microbiome and Rectal Cancer | NCT04223102

MRI for Selection of Complete Responders After Chemoradiation for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer | NCT04790227

DETECT: Target Volume for Rectal Endoluminal Radiation Boosting (DETECT) | NCT04927897

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