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Session 4: Trying to augment response with chemotherapy: a triumph of hope over experience?
Author(s) -
Battersby N. J.,
Perez R. O.,
Baxter N.,
Moran B.,
Brown G.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
colorectal disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.029
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1463-1318
pISSN - 1462-8910
DOI - 10.1111/codi.14089
Subject(s) - medicine , augment , context (archaeology) , session (web analytics) , chemoradiotherapy , radiological weapon , complete response , general surgery , surgery , oncology , medical physics , chemotherapy , paleontology , philosophy , linguistics , world wide web , computer science , biology
As part of an approach to improve tumour regression and increase the proportion of patients with complete clinical and radiological response, Dr Perez reviews the methods and evidence base for augmenting therapy and thus augmenting response rates preoperatively. Much of the data reviewed were in the context of patients undergoing a watch‐and‐wait approach for rectal cancer after initial treatment with chemoradiotherapy.