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Rita Barroca

Publications -  4
Citations -  688

Rita Barroca is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Neoadjuvant therapy & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications receiving 344 citations.

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Long-term outcomes of clinical complete responders after neoadjuvant treatment for rectal cancer in the International Watch & Wait Database (IWWD): an international multicentre registry study

Maxime J M van der Valk, +71 more
- 23 Jun 2018 - 
TL;DR: This dataset has the largest series of patients with rectal cancer treated with a W&W approach, consisting of approximately 50% data from previous cohort series and 50% unpublished data.
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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.

Laura M. Fernandez, +101 more
- 01 Jan 2021 - 
TL;DR: The results suggest that the intensity of active surveillance in patients with rectal cancer managed by a watch-and-wait approach could be reduced if they achieve and maintain a clinical complete response within the first 3 years of starting this approach.
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Watch and wait approach for rectal cancer: lessons learned in a rectal cancer center

TL;DR: The Watch and Wait approach (W&W) is now considered an acceptable option in a selected group of patients with low rectal cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiation (nCRT) as mentioned in this paper .