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A case report of pathologically complete response of a huge rectal cancer after systemic chemotherapy with mFOLFOX6.
Japanese journal of clinical oncology - 1 Aug 2009
Okoshi Kae, Nagayama Satoshi, Furu Moritoshi, Mori Yukiko, Yoshizawa Akihiko, Toguchida Junya, Sakai Yoshiharu
Abstract excerpt
A 54-year-old man was referred to our hospital because of a huge, unresectable rectal cancer occupying his entire pelvic space with a solitary liver metastasis. He had undergone a laparotomy for surgical resection, but ended up with a sigmoid colostomy due to possible invasion into the urinary bladder and pelvic wall. At the completion of seven cycles of FOLFOX regimen, radiographic examination revealed...
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