Organ preservation in rectal cancer patients following complete clinical response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy: Long-term results in three patients.
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Rectal cancer patients following complete clinical response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) can be followed up without surgery. Those patients in particular who needed abdominoperineal resection before CRT choose the follow-up protocol, should they be given the necessary information. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the long-term follow-up results of patients following neoadjuvant CRT without surgery.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Ulusal cerrahi dergisi
دوره 30 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014