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SUBMITTER: Roxburgh CSD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6579536 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Roxburgh Campbell S D CSD Strombom Paul P Lynn Patricio P Gonen Mithat M Paty Philip B PB Guillem Jose G JG Nash Garrett M GM Smith J Joshua JJ Wei Iris I Pappou Emmanouil E Garcia-Aguilar Julio J Weiser Martin R MR
Annals of surgical oncology 20190408 7
<h4>Background</h4>Increasing the interval from completion of neoadjuvant therapy to surgery beyond 8 weeks is associated with increased response of rectal cancer to neoadjuvant therapy. However, reports are conflicting on whether extending the time to surgery is associated with increased perioperative morbidity.<h4>Methods</h4>Patients who presented with a tumor within 15 cm of the anal verge in 2009-2015 were grouped according to the interval between completion of neoadjuvant therapy and surge ...[more]