Risk-factors for locally advanced rectal cancer relapse after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy: A single center experience
Dragana Stupar,
Saša Jungić,
Zdenka Gojković
et al.
Abstract:The overall prognosis of locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) remains unsatisfactory due to a high incidence of disease relapse. The present understanding of the factors that determine the likelihood of recurrence is limited or ineffective. We aimed to identify the main risk factors influencing tumor relapse in LARC patients after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) and surgical treatment in a single center in Republika Srpska. Patients with stage II or stage III who received nCRT before surgery for primary … Show more
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