Rectal cancer

The standard treatment approach of localized rectal adenocarcinoma involves neoadjuvant radiotherapy and chemotherapy followed by assessment for surgery and optional adjuvant chemotherapy. However, such patients who achieve complete of near complete clinical response after neoadjuvant therapy are increasingly being managed with the 'Watch-and-Wait strategy' in the recent years. Although safety of such policy has been established, the patient population in the published studies are not represented well by Asian population. Moreover, the data about safety of such policy in the setting of modern …

Sponsor: Tata Memorial Centre
NCT06631443 on ClinicalTrials.gov
Last updated on the registry 20 Nov 2024 · read by us 20 Oct 2026