Pathological complete response of locally advanced colon cancer after preoperative radiotherapy: a case report and narrative review of the literature

Pathological complete response of locally advanced colon cancer after preoperative radiotherapy: a case report and narrative review of the literature

Abstract Background The oncological effectiveness of preoperative radiotherapy for locally advanced colon cancer is unclear. We report a case of pathological complete response in a patient with locally advanced ascending colon cancer after preoperative radiotherapy following failure of chemotherapy....

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Main Authors: Sho Sekiya, Kiyotaka Imamura, Shintaro Takeuchi, Koichi Teramura, Yusuke Watanabe, Eiji Tamoto, Minoru Takada, Yoshihiro Kinoshita, Yoshiyasu Anbo, Fumitaka Nakamura, Nobuichi Kashimura, Hiroko Noguchi, Katsutoshi Miura, Satoshi Hirano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-06-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
Subjects:
Colon cancer
Radiotherapy
Pathological complete response
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-018-0466-8

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