Background: The standard approach for locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) is neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) followed by total mesorectal excision (TME). After nCRT 20% of patients achieve a clinical complete response (pCR) and could be treated with a non-operative management (NOM). Methods: The panel of the Italian Association of...
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2020 (v1)PublicationUploaded on: February 6, 2024
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2020 (v1)Publication
Background: The standard approach for locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) is neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) followed by total mesorectal excision (TME). After nCRT 20% of patients achieve a clinical complete response (pCR) and could be treated with a non-operative management (NOM). Methods: The panel of the Italian Association of...
Uploaded on: February 6, 2024