Downstage migration after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer: The reverse of the Will Rogers phenomenon?
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Optimal timing of computed tomography for assessing lymph nodes after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer
Background: This study assessed the optimal timing of computed tomography for detection of metastatic disease in locoregional lymph nodes in patients with rectal cancer who have undergone chemoradiotherapy. Materials and Methods: This observational retrospective study was performed in a single institution. All patients with locally advanced rectal cancer treated with chemoradiotherapy, followed...
متن کاملProstate cancer and the Will Rogers phenomenon.
BACKGROUND Information on tumor stage and grade are used to assess cancer prognosis and to produce standardized comparisons of end results over time. Changes in the interpretation of classification schemes can alter the apparent distribution of cancer stage or grade in the absence of a true biologic change. Since the introduction of prostate-specific antigen testing, the reported incidence of l...
متن کاملaccuracy of mri in rectal cancer after preoperative neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy
methods study on 34 patients diagnosed with rectal adenocarcinoma referred to oncology clinic was conducted. the treatment plan included 4050 cgy radiotherapy and 5fu, xeloda chemotherapy. all patients were assessed with 1/5 t mri 6 to 8 weeks after treatment. t1 and t2 images with sagittal, cronal and axial planes with and without contrast agent were obtained and interpreted by two radiologist...
متن کاملoptimal timing of computed tomography for assessing lymph nodes after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer
background: this study assessed the optimal timing of computed tomography for detection of metastatic disease in locoregional lymph nodes in patients with rectal cancer who have undergone chemoradiotherapy. materials and methods: this observational retrospective study was performed in a single institution. all patients with locally advanced rectal cancer treated with chemoradiotherapy, followed...
متن کاملDelaying surgery after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy improves prognosis of rectal cancer
AIM To investigate the prognostic effect of a delayed interval between neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) and surgery in locally advanced rectal cancer. METHODS We evaluated 87 patients with locally advanced mid- or distal rectal cancer undergoing total mesorectal excision following an interval period after neoadjuvant CRT at Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul betw...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0008-543X
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.29260