217 / 1983
Dutch CARTS study
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55 patients
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cT1 N0 = 10, cT2 N0 = 29, cT3 N0 =16
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47 patients had TEM
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ypT0-1 disease in 30
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Local recurrence developed in 3 of 9 (33%) patients with
ypT2 tumours who declined further surgery
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TEM after chemo-radiotherapy enabled organ preservation
in one-half of the patients with rectal cancer
Verseveld M, et al. Br J Surg. 2015;102(7):853-60