Instrumental clinical restaging, pathological evaluation, and tumor regression grading: how to assess the response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer

[1] Vauthey JN(1999)Recent advances in the treatment and outcome of locally advanced rectal cancer Ann Surg 229 745-754

[2] Marsh RW(1998)Is radiochemotherapy necessary in the treatment of rectal cancer? Eur J Cancer 34 438-448

[3] Zloteki RA(2001)Randomized controlled trial of lateral node dissection versus nerve-preserving resection in patients with rectal cancer after preoperative radiotherapy Dis Colon Rectum 44 1274-1280

[4] Abdalla EK(2004)Can neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy improve the results of multivisceral resections in advanced rectal carcinoma (cT4a) Colorectal Dis 5 436-441

[5] Solorzano CC(2002)The role of radiotherapy in rectal cancer Eur J Cancer 38 943-952

[6] Bray EJ(1997)Swedish rectal cancer trial N Engl J Med 336 980-987

[7] Freeman ME(1998)Prognostic implication of downstaging following preoperative radiation therapy for operable T3–T4 rectal cancer Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 42 935-941

[8] Lauwers GY(1998)Low rectal cancer: impact of radiation and chemotherapy on surgical treatment Dis Colon Rectum 41 1087-1096

[9] Kubilis PS(2000)Preoperative radiochemotherapy in rectal cancer: long term results of a phase II trial Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2 323-327

[10] Mendenhall WM(2004)Neoadjuvant chemoradiation for locally advanced carcinoma of the rectum Tumori 90 303-309

[1] Vauthey JN(1999)Recent advances in the treatment and outcome of locally advanced rectal cancer Ann Surg 229 745-754

[2] Marsh RW(1998)Is radiochemotherapy necessary in the treatment of rectal cancer? Eur J Cancer 34 438-448

[3] Zloteki RA(2001)Randomized controlled trial of lateral node dissection versus nerve-preserving resection in patients with rectal cancer after preoperative radiotherapy Dis Colon Rectum 44 1274-1280

[4] Abdalla EK(2004)Can neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy improve the results of multivisceral resections in advanced rectal carcinoma (cT4a) Colorectal Dis 5 436-441

[5] Solorzano CC(2002)The role of radiotherapy in rectal cancer Eur J Cancer 38 943-952

[6] Bray EJ(1997)Swedish rectal cancer trial N Engl J Med 336 980-987

[7] Freeman ME(1998)Prognostic implication of downstaging following preoperative radiation therapy for operable T3–T4 rectal cancer Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 42 935-941

[8] Lauwers GY(1998)Low rectal cancer: impact of radiation and chemotherapy on surgical treatment Dis Colon Rectum 41 1087-1096

[9] Kubilis PS(2000)Preoperative radiochemotherapy in rectal cancer: long term results of a phase II trial Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2 323-327

[10] Mendenhall WM(2004)Neoadjuvant chemoradiation for locally advanced carcinoma of the rectum Tumori 90 303-309