Outcomes of rectal cancer patients who refuse surgery after incomplete clinical response to neoadjuvant therapy.
Kevin P LabadieKristofer A OlsonSteven H SunPhilip H G ItuarteMark H HannaYasmin ZerhouniLily L LaiStephen M SentovichAndreas M KaiserKurt A MelstromPublished in: Journal of surgical oncology (2024)
A significant portion of patients convert to cCR and have prolonged OS. Lengthening the time to declare cCR may be considered in select patients, such as those with a near cCR at initial endoscopic staging.