Predictors of Complete Response and Disease Recurrence Following Chemoradiation for Rectal Cancer
Bitterman DS, Salgado L, Moore HG, Sanfilippo NJ, Gu P, Hatzaras I, Du KL. Predictors of Complete Response and Disease Recurrence Following Chemoradiation for Rectal Cancer. Frontiers In Oncology 2015, 5: 286. PMID: 26734570, PMCID: PMC4686647, DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2015.00286.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDistant metastasis-free survivalDisease-free survivalComplete responseLocoregional controlCarcinoembryonic antigenAnal vergeIndependent predictorsRectal cancerTumor sizeCR groupNode-positive rectal cancerThree-year locoregional controlNode-positive diseaseDistance of tumorNon-operative managementMetastasis-free survivalLong-term outcomesTreatment response evaluationDefinitive chemoradiationRectal patientsNeoadjuvant chemoradiationMost patientsNode positivityOverall survivalSelect patients