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Adjuvant chemotherapy for rectal cancer with complete pathological response (pCR) may not be necessary: a pooled analysis of 5491 patients

BACKGROUND: It is recommended postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy for all rectal cancers undergoing neo-chemoradiotherapy regardless of the final yield pathology. However, the role of adjuvant chemotherapy in pathological complete response (pCR) remains controversial. We aimed to identify the necess...

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Autores principales: Hu, Xiang, Li, Ya-Qi, Ma, Xiao-ji, Zhang, Long, Cai, San-Jun, Peng, Jun-Jie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6515679/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31114447
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12935-019-0851-9