The impact of circumferential tumor location on the clinical outcomes of rectal cancers receiving neoadjuvant chemoradiation and surgery-does it really matter?

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¹ Division of Colorectal Services, Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, 400012, India.
² Division of Colorectal Services, Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, 400012, India. Electronic address: asaklani@hotmail.com.

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Diwakar Pandey et al. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2020 Dec.

. 2020 Dec;46(12):2339-2340.

doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2020.07.023. Epub 2020 Jul 28.

¹ Division of Colorectal Services, Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, 400012, India.
² Division of Colorectal Services, Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, 400012, India. Electronic address: asaklani@hotmail.com.

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Keywords: Complete pathological response; Neoadjuvant chemoradiation; Survival outcomes; Tumor location.

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Reply to: The impact of circumferential tumor location on the clinical outcomes of rectal cancers receiving neoadjuvant chemoradiation and surgery-does is really matter?
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