Prognostic significance of early complete response in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer undergoing preoperative chemoradiotherapy: Multicentric study of Turkish Society for Radiation Oncology Group (TROD).

CONCLUSION: pCR after preoperative CRT in LARC correlated with better oncologic outcome. The best OS and DFS durations were achieved in patients who experienced pCR after 4-8-weeks interval before surgery.
PMID: 32519956 [PubMed - in process]

Source: The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology - April 30, 2020 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Kılıç D, Sert F, Görken İB, Arıcan Alıcıkuş Z, Aktürk N, Kaytan Sağlam E, Kizir A, Özkök S, Yılmaz HT, Göçen F, Yalman D Tags: Turk J Gastroenterol Source Type: research