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Wait and see approach for rectal cancer with a clinically complete response after neoadjuvant concurrent chemoradiotherapy.

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Although the W&S approach seemed feasible for rectal cancer patients with a cCR after neoadjuvant CCRT, concrete evidence obtained in well-controlled randomized trials with a long-term follow-up is required to validate potential treatment options.
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Purpose Rectal cancer patients with a pathological complete response (pCR) after neoadjuvant concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) have a better prognosis compared to those without a pCR. Therefore, the “Wait and See” (W&S) approach in those who achieved clinically complete response (cCR) after CCRT was introduced as an alternative modality to the total mesorectal excision (TME). The aim of this study was to compare the oncological outcomes between W&S and TME via meta-analysis.

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Preoperative versus Postoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Rectal Cancer

TL;DR: Preoperative chemoradiotherapy, as compared with postoperative cheMoradi therapy, improved local control and was associated with reduced toxicity but did not improve overall survival.
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Preoperative Radiotherapy Combined with Total Mesorectal Excision for Resectable Rectal Cancer

TL;DR: In this article, the authors conducted a multicenter, randomized trial to determine whether the addition of preoperative radiotherapy increases the benefit of total mesorectal excision, and the overall rate of survival at two years among the eligible patients was 82.0 percent in the group assigned to both radiotherapy and surgery.
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Mesorectal excision for rectal cancer

TL;DR: Results from TME alone are substantially superior to the best reported from conventional surgery plus radiotherapy or combination chemoradiotherapy: 5% local recurrence at 5 years compared with 25% and 13.5%, respectively; and 22% overall recurrence compared with 62.7% and 41.5, respectively.
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