Time interval between the completion of radiotherapy and robotic-assisted surgery among patients with stage I-III rectal cancer undergoing preoperative chemoradiotherapy.
Ching-Wen HuangWei-Chih SuTzu-Chieh YinPo-Jung ChenTsung-Kun ChangYen-Cheng ChenChing-Chun LiYi-Chien HsiehHsiang-Lin TsaiJaw-Yuan WangPublished in: PloS one (2020)
Robotic-assisted surgery after a longer interval is safe and feasible for patients with rectal cancer undergoing preoperative CCRT. The present study's results suggested that the time interval of 10-12 weeks can be considered because comparable clinical and perioperative outcomes and preferable oncological outcomes were observed for interval of this length. However, future prospective randomized clinical trials are required to verify the present finding.
Keyphrases
- rectal cancer
- locally advanced
- minimally invasive
- patients undergoing
- coronary artery bypass
- squamous cell carcinoma
- radiation therapy
- early stage
- prostate cancer
- clinical trial
- metabolic syndrome
- coronary artery disease
- adipose tissue
- robot assisted
- acute kidney injury
- current status
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- atrial fibrillation
- skeletal muscle
- preterm birth