NEOADJUVANT THERAPY AND SURGERY FOR RECTAL CANCER. Comparative study between partial and complete pathological response

ABSTRACT Background The approach of locally advanced extra-peritoneal rectal adenocarcinoma implies a treatment with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy associated with total mesorectal excision surgery. However, the tumors respond variably to this neoadjuvant therapy, and the mechanisms for response are...

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Main Authors: Vitor Augusto de ANDRADE, Claudio Saddy Rodrigues COY, Raquel Franco LEAL, João José FAGUNDES, Carlos Augusto Real MARTINEZ, Maria de Lourdes Setsuko AYRIZONO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE)
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032016000300163&lng=en&tlng=en