Pathologic response grade after long-course neoadjuvant chemoradiation does not influence morbidity in locally advanced mid-low rectal cancer resected by laparoscopy.

Filippo LandiEloy EspínVictor RodriguesFrancesc VallriberaAleix MartinezCecile CharpyFrancesco BrunettiDaniel AzoulayNicola de'Angelis

Published in: International journal of colorectal disease (2016)

Postoperative complication rate after laparoscopic total mesorectal excision is not associated with the pathologic response grade to neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy.

Keyphrases

rectal cancer
locally advanced
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
phase ii study
robot assisted
squamous cell carcinoma
lymph node
clinical trial
mesenchymal stem cells
minimally invasive
smoking cessation
double blind