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Elsevier, The Lancet, 10139(391), p. 2537-2545, 2018

DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(18)31078-x

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Long-term outcomes of clinical complete responders after neoadjuvant treatment for rectal cancer in the International Watch & Wait Database (IWWD): an international multicentre registry study.

Journal article published in 2018 by Maxime J. M. van der Valk, Denise E. Hilling ORCID, Esther Bastiaannet, Elma Meershoek-Klein Kranenbarg, Geerard L. Beets, Cornelis J. H. van de Velde, Madeleine Ahlberg, Nuno L. Figueiredo, Ane Appelt, Oktar Asoglu, Angelita Habr-Gama, Maria-Theresa Bär, Rita Barroca, Rodrigo O. Perez, Regina G. H. Beets-Tan and other authors.
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Abstract

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 opportunity for patients to avoid major resection surgery. However, evidence is based on small-to-moderate sized series from specialist centres. The International Watch & Wait Database (IWWD) aims to describe the outcome of the W&W strategy in a large-scale registry of pooled individual patient data. We report the results of a descriptive analysis after inclusion of more than 1000 patients in the registry.