Adjuvant chemotherapy after neoadjuvant chemoradiation and proctectomy improves survival irrespective of pathologic response in rectal adenocarcinoma: a population-based cohort study

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[1] Kapiteijn E(2001)Preoperative radiotherapy combined with total mesorectal excision for resectable rectal cancer N Engl J Med 345 638-646

[2] Marijnen CA(2012)Preoperative versus postoperative chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer: results of the German CAO/ARO/AIO-94 randomized phase III trial after a median follow-up of 11 years J Clin Oncol 30 1926-1933

[3] Nagtegaal ID(2006)Chemotherapy with preoperative radiotherapy in rectal cancer N Engl J Med 355 1114-1123

[4] Sauer R(1996)Adjuvant postoperative radiotherapy in rectal cancer: 148 cases treated at Florence University with 8 years median follow-up Radiother Oncol 40 127-135

[5] Liersch T(2011)Association between time to initiation of adjuvant chemotherapy and survival in colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis JAMA 305 2335-2342

[6] Merkel S(2008)The National Cancer Data Base: a powerful initiative to improve cancer care in the United States Ann Surg Oncol 15 683-690

[7] Bosset JF(2015)Adjuvant chemotherapy for rectal cancer patients treated with preoperative (chemo)radiotherapy and total mesorectal excision: a Dutch Colorectal Cancer Group (DCCG) randomized phase III trial Ann Oncol 26 696-701

[8] Collette L(2020)Improved survival with adjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer patients treated with preoperative chemoradiation regardless of pathologic response Surg Oncol 32 35-40

[9] Calais G(2018)Association of adjuvant chemotherapy with overall survival in patients with rectal cancer and pathologic complete response following neoadjuvant chemotherapy and resection JAMA Oncol 4 938-943

[10] Cionini L(2019)Adjuvant chemotherapy improves survival following resection of locally advanced rectal cancer with pathologic complete response J Gastrointest Surg 23 1614-1622