Opinion Review
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2023.
World J Gastrointest Oncol. May 15, 2023; 15(5): 700-712
Published online May 15, 2023. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v15.i5.700
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Figure 3 A case of near clinical complete response confirmed at pathology (ypT1N0). A-C: An 84-year-old male patient with rectal cancer. Endoscopy (A) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (B and C) staged a tumour of the low rectum (cT3aN0M0, mesorectal fascia negative, extramural vascular invasion negative, pelvic nodes negative). The patient underwent short-course radiotherapy; D-G: The restaging at 15 wk after the beginning of neoadjuvant radiotherapy showed a near clinical complete response at endoscopy (D), MRI (E and F), and endorectal ultrasound (G).