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“Colloid Response” – Acellular Mucin Pools in
Rectal Cancer Post-Radiotherapy ?
group No. LR Distant
metastasis
3yr RFS 3yr OS 7yr OS
Smith et al
2010
pCR
mucin
27
0 % 7 %
85 %
pCR
No mucin
73
1 % 8 %
92 %
Shia et al
2011
pCR
Mucin
12
100%
ypT0 or
ypT1
21
94%
Campos-Lobato et al
2011
pCR
Mucin
11
0% 21% 83%
pCR
No mucin
47
0% 5%
95%
Lim et al
2013
pCR
Mucin
35
97%
pCR
No mucin
182
96%