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Prediction of response to preoperative chemoradiotherapy in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer.
Bioscience trends - 1 Feb 2014
Meng Xiangjiao, Huang Zhaoqin, Wang Renben, Yu Jinming
Abstract excerpt
Preoperative chemoradiotherapy (CRT) combined with surgery has become a standard treatment strategy for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC). The pathological response is an important prognostic factor for LARC. The variety of tumor responses has increased the need to find a useful predictive model for the response to CRT to identify patients who will really benefit from this multimodal treatment....
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