Open AccessRectal Cancer Watch and Wait Approach: A Promising Rectal Salvaging Strategy
Author(s) -
Juma IM,
Saeed MF,
Almahmeed EA,
Elhennawy RYG,
Varkey RG
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
annals of clinical and medical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2639-8109
DOI - 10.47829/acmcr.2022.81102
Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal cancer , chemoradiotherapy , cancer , surgery , neoadjuvant therapy , general surgery , oncology , breast cancer
1.1. Introduction: Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide, with rectal cancer being the 10th fatal cancer. The current recommended treatment for locally-advanced rectal cancer is neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery, with surgical resection carrying significant postoperative morbidity (intestinal, sexual, urinary) and a negative effect on the quality of life. A newly developed strategy is ‘watch and wait approach’ that renounces surgical resection in the setting of complete clinical response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy only with regular follow ups