Watch and wait after neoadjuvant treatment in rectal cancer: comparison of outcomes in patients with and without a complete response at first reassessment in the International Watch & Wait Database (IWWD).
Sofieke J D TemminkKoen C M J PeetersRenu R BahadoerElma Meershoek-Klein KranenbargAnnet G H RoodvoetsJarno MelenhorstJacobus W A BurgerAlbert M WolthuisAndrew G RenehanNuno L FigueiredoOriol ParesAnna MartlingRodrigo Oliva PerezGeerard L O BeetsCornelis J H van de VeldePer J Nilssonnull nullPublished in: The British journal of surgery (2023)
Oncological outcomes for patients with a cCR at later reassessment are no worse than those of patients with a cCR at first reassessment.