Background Induction of a clinical complete response with chemoradiotherapy, followed by
observation via a watch-and-wait approach, has emerged as a management option for …

Background Watch and wait is a novel management strategy in patients with rectal cancer
who have a clinical complete response after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy. Surveillance …

Background A watch-and-wait approach for patients with clinical complete response to
neoadjuvant chemoradiation could avoid the morbidity of conventional surgery for rectal …

Background Abdominoperineal resection is the standard treatment for patients with distal T2
or T3 rectal cancers; however, the procedure is extensive and mutilating, and alternative …

Background The watch-and-wait strategy offers a non-invasive therapeutic alternative for
rectal cancer patients who have achieved a clinical complete response (cCR) after …

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the oncological and survival outcomes of a
Watch and Wait policy in rectal cancer after a clinical complete response (cCR) following …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to compare the outcomes of patients treated with
chemoradiotherapy with a complete clinical response followed by either a “watch and wait” …

Abstract Background The Stockholm III Trial randomized patients with primary operable
rectal cancers to either short-course radiotherapy (RT) with immediate surgery (SRT), short …

Background The strategy of watch and wait (W&W) in patients with rectal cancer who
achieve a complete clinical response (cCR) after neoadjuvant therapy is new and offers an …

A wait-and-see policy might be considered instead of surgery for rectal cancer patients with
no residual tumor or involved lymph nodes on imaging or endoscopy after neoadjuvant …