Pathological complete response due to a prolonged time interval between preoperative chemoradiation and surgery in locally advanced rectal cancer: analysis from the German StuDoQ|Rectalcarcinoma registry | BMC Cancer | Full Text

Pathological complete response due to a prolonged time interval between preoperative chemoradiation and surgery in locally advanced rectal cancer: analysis from the German StuDoQ|Rectalcarcinoma registry | BMC Cancer | Full Text

Pathological complete response due to a prolonged time interval between preoperative chemoradiation and surgery in locally advanced rectal cancer: analysis from the German StuDoQ|Rectalcarcinoma registry

Preoperative chemoradiotherapy is the recommended standard of care for patients with local advanced rectal cancer. However, it remains unclear, whether a prolonged time interval to surgery results in an increa...

Authors:Sven Lichthardt, Johanna Wagner, Stefan Löb, Niels Matthes, Caroline Kastner, Friedrich Anger, Christoph-Thomas Germer and Armin Wiegering

Citation:BMC Cancer 2020 20:49

Content type:Research article

Published on: 20 January 2020

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