Does total regression of primary rectal cancer after preoperative chemoradiotherapy represent "no tumor" status?
Seong-A JeongIn-Ja ParkSeung Mo HongJun Woo BongHye Yoon ChoiJi Hyun SeoHyong Eun KimSeok-Byung LimChang Sik YuJin Cheon KimPublished in: Annals of surgical treatment and research (2018)
RFS was lower in patients with total regression of primary rectal cancer after PCRT than in those with Tis rectal cancer without PCRT, and it would not be considered as the same entity with early rectal cancer or "disappeared tumor" status.