Reply to: Tumour Biology and lack of standardization in assessment of ypT0 has an impact on survival in patients with locally advanced rectal cancers achieving complete pathological response after neoadjuvant chemoradiation

Affiliations

¹ General Surgery Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: laura.lorenzon@policlinicogemelli.it.
² Department of Surgical Oncology, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-211, Gdańsk, Poland; General Surgery and Surgical Oncology Department, University of Siena, 53100, Siena, Italy.

Comment

Laura Lorenzon et al. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;46(8):1562-1563.

doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2020.04.040. Epub 2020 Apr 29.

¹ General Surgery Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: laura.lorenzon@policlinicogemelli.it.
² Department of Surgical Oncology, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-211, Gdańsk, Poland; General Surgery and Surgical Oncology Department, University of Siena, 53100, Siena, Italy.

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Keywords: Lateral lymph node metastasis; Neoadjuvant therapy; Rectal cancer.

Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of competing interest None of the authors has any potential financial conflict of interest related to this manuscript.

Global variation in the long-term outcomes of ypT0 rectal cancers.
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Tumour biology and lack of standardization in assessment of ypT0 has an impact on survival in patients with locally advanced rectal cancers achieving complete pathological response after neoadjuvant chemoradiation.
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