Non-Operative Management Versus Total Mesorectal Excision for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer with Clinical Complete Response After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy: a GRADE Approach by the Rectal Cancer Guidelines Writing Group of the Italian Association of Medical Oncology (AIOM)

Siegel RL(2018)Cancer statistics, 2018 CA: a cancer journal for clinicians. 68 7-30

Miller KD(1993)Possible venous air embolism with a new water jet dissector British journal of anaesthesia. 70 466-467

Jemal A(2004)Preoperative versus postoperative chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer The New England journal of medicine. 351 1731-1740

Smith JA(2001)Preoperative radiotherapy combined with total mesorectal excision for resectable rectal cancer The New England journal of medicine. 345 638-646

Sauer R(2016)Second St. Gallen European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Gastrointestinal Cancer Conference: consensus recommendations on controversial issues in the primary treatment of rectal cancer European journal of cancer. 63 11-24

Becker H(2011)Patient-reported outcomes after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer: a multicenter prospective observational study Annals of surgery. 253 71-77

Hohenberger W(2004)Operative versus nonoperative treatment for stage 0 distal rectal cancer following chemoradiation therapy: long-term results Annals of surgery. 240 711-717

Kapiteijn E(2016)Wait-and-see treatment strategies for rectal cancer patients with clinical complete response after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis Oncotarget. 7 44857-44870

Marijnen CA(2015)Nonoperative management of rectal cancer after chemoradiation opposed to resection after complete clinical response. A comparative study European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology. 41 1456-1463

Nagtegaal ID(2015)Surveillance after neoadjuvant therapy in advanced rectal cancer with complete clinical response can have comparable outcomes to total mesorectal excision International journal of colorectal disease. 30 769-774

Siegel RL(2018)Cancer statistics, 2018 CA: a cancer journal for clinicians. 68 7-30

Miller KD(1993)Possible venous air embolism with a new water jet dissector British journal of anaesthesia. 70 466-467

Jemal A(2004)Preoperative versus postoperative chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer The New England journal of medicine. 351 1731-1740

Smith JA(2001)Preoperative radiotherapy combined with total mesorectal excision for resectable rectal cancer The New England journal of medicine. 345 638-646

Sauer R(2016)Second St. Gallen European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Gastrointestinal Cancer Conference: consensus recommendations on controversial issues in the primary treatment of rectal cancer European journal of cancer. 63 11-24

Becker H(2011)Patient-reported outcomes after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer: a multicenter prospective observational study Annals of surgery. 253 71-77

Hohenberger W(2004)Operative versus nonoperative treatment for stage 0 distal rectal cancer following chemoradiation therapy: long-term results Annals of surgery. 240 711-717

Kapiteijn E(2016)Wait-and-see treatment strategies for rectal cancer patients with clinical complete response after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis Oncotarget. 7 44857-44870

Marijnen CA(2015)Nonoperative management of rectal cancer after chemoradiation opposed to resection after complete clinical response. A comparative study European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology. 41 1456-1463

Nagtegaal ID(2015)Surveillance after neoadjuvant therapy in advanced rectal cancer with complete clinical response can have comparable outcomes to total mesorectal excision International journal of colorectal disease. 30 769-774