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ArticleVisceral medicine2021

Multimodal Treatment of cT3 Rectal Cancer in a Prospective Multi-Center Observational Study: Can Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Be Omitted in Patients with an MRI-Assessed, Negative Circumferential Resection Margin?

Henry Ptok, Frank Meyer, Ingo Gastinger, Benjamin Garlipp

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Article in Visceral medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Henry PtokDepartment of General, Abdominal, Vascular and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.
Frank MeyerDepartment of General, Abdominal, Vascular and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.
Ingo GastingerInstitute of Quality Assurance in Operative Medicine, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.
Benjamin GarlippDepartment of Surgery (Oranienburg), Regional Hospital (Oberhavel Kliniken) at Hennigsdorf, Hennigsdorf, Germany.
University Hospital Magdeburg · DEBDH-Klinik Hessisch Oldendorf · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

aimNeoadjuvant chemoradiation (nCRT) in rectal cancer is associated with significant long-term morbidity. It is unclear whether nCRT in resectable mesorectal fascia circumferential resection margin (mrCRM)-negative rectal cancer treated by adequate total mesorectal excision (TME) is beneficial. The aim was to determine if nCRT can be omitted in patients with MRI-assessed cT3 rectal cancer and a negative mrCRM undergoing good-quality TME.

methodsBy means of a prospective nationwide registry (

resultsIn the TME-alone group, tumors were located closer to the anal verge (

conclusionsIn this cohort of patients with rectal cancer located <12 cm from the anal verge and a negative mrCRM undergoing adequate TME, omission of nCRT had no impact onto the local recurrence rate.

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Circumferential resection marginMulti-center prospective observational studyNeoadjuvant chemoradiotherapyOutcomeRectal cancer

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PMID34722724
PMCPMC8543365
OpenAlexW3164568940

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