Reply to: Use of induction chemotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancers to increase the response rates: Is it actually helping?

E L K Voogt; D P Schaap; K van den Berg; G A P Nieuwenhuijzen; J G Bloemen; G J Creemers; J Willems; J S Cnossen; H M U Peulen; J Nederend; G van Lijnschoten; J W A Burger; H J T Rutten

doi:10.1016/j.ejso.2021.06.021

Reply to: Use of induction chemotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancers to increase the response rates: Is it actually helping?

Eur J Surg Oncol. 2021 Sep;47(9):2473-2474. doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2021.06.021. Epub 2021 Jun 24.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Electronic address: eva.voogt@catharinaziekenhuis.nl.
² Department of Surgery, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Medical Oncology, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Radiation Oncology, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Radiology, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
⁶ Pathology Department, PAMM Laboratory for Pathology and Medical Microbiology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
⁷ Department of Surgery, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, the Netherlands; GROW School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.

PMID: 34210580
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2021.06.021

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Keywords: Chemoradiotherapy; Clinical complete response; Induction chemotherapy; Locally advanced rectal cancer; Pathological complete response; Total neoadjuvant therapy.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Humans
Induction Chemotherapy*
Neoadjuvant Therapy
Rectal Neoplasms* / drug therapy
Rectum