Oncologic Outcomes of Organ Preserving Approaches in Patients With Rectal Cancer Treated With Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy [PDF]
Purpose We evaluated the oncologic outcomes of organ-preserving strategies in patients with rectal cancer treated with preoperative chemoradiotherapy (PCRT). Methods Between January 2008 and January 2013, 74 patients who underwent wait-and-watch (WW) (n =
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Sepsis Following Laparotomy for Trauma - Don’t Watch and Wait
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Piers R.J. Page
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The treatment of splenic marginal zone lymphoma is debated: splenectomy (the old standard‐of‐care) is better than chemotherapy but maybe not better than rituximab‐containing treatment.
Henna‐Riikka Junlén +8 more
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Exploring innovative models of surgical treatment for rectal cancer [PDF]
In recent years, the surgical treatment model for rectal cancer has undergone profound changes. The therapeutic goal has gradually shifted from single tumor radical resection to balancing functional preservation, and the therapeutic concept has ...
Xinxiang LI, Dakui LUO
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Watch and wait after neoadjuvant treatment in rectal cancer: comparison of outcomes in patients with and without a complete response at first reassessment in the International Watch & Wait Database ...
Wolthuis, Albert +31 more
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Background There is continued debate regarding the optimal combinations of radiation therapy and chemotherapy in the preoperative treatment of locally advanced rectal adenocarcinomas.
Angela Y. Jia +11 more
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Usefulness of close surveillance for rectal cancer patients after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy
It is controversial whether patients who achieve clinical complete remission (cCR) of rectal cancer should be treated with the “watch and wait” (W&W) or radical resection (RR) strategy.
Hsu Yu-Jen +11 more
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Conditional recurrence-free survival of clinical complete responders managed by watch and wait after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer in the International Watch & Wait Database: a retrospective, international, multicentre registry study [PDF]
Background Watch and wait is a novel management strategy in patients with rectal cancer who have a clinical complete response after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy.
Fernandez, L.M. +28 more
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Watch-and-wait Therapeutic Approach in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: An Innovative or Inevitable Option for Rectal Preservation [PDF]
Currently, neoadjuvant chemoradiation followed by total mesorectal excision through a low anterior- or abdominoperineal resection (APR) is considered the standard treatment approach in the vast majority of patients with locally advanced rectal cancer ...
Mahshid Bahadori +4 more
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Background In most of the views, rectal stenosis after anterior resection for rectal cancer results from pelvic radiotherapy. However, patients without receiving radiotherapy also suffer stenosis.
Hui Zhang +15 more
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