TY - JOUR ID - 48960 TI - Watch-and-wait Therapeutic Approach in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: An Innovative or Inevitable Option for Rectal Preservation JO - Iranian Journal of Colorectal Research JA - ACRR LA - en SN - AU - Bahadori, Mahshid AU - Nguyen, Nam Phong AU - Bahrami, Faranak AU - Tadayon, Seyed Mohammad Kazem AU - Mohammadianpanah, Mohammad AD - School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. AD - Department of Radiation Oncology, Howard University Hospital, 2401 Georgia Avenue, N,W, Room 2055, Washington, DC 20060, USA. AD - Colorectal research center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran AD - Colorectal Research Center Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Shiraz Iran AD - Colorectal Research Center, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Y1 - 2022 PY - 2022 VL - 10 IS - 4 SP - 123 EP - 129 KW - Rectal Cancer KW - organ preservation KW - non surgical management DO - 10.30476/acrr.2023.97583.1165 N2 - Currently, neoadjuvant chemoradiation followed by total mesorectal excision through a low anterior- or abdominoperineal resection (APR) is considered the standard treatment approach in the vast majority of patients with locally advanced rectal cancer. Even though LAR allows for anatomic rectal preservation, APR led to significant morbidity and compromised quality of life in rectal cancer patients. Approximately 10-40% of patients achieve clinical complete response (CCR) following neoadjuvant chemoradiation. Meanwhile, the rate of pathologic complete response (PCR) is usually less than CCR rate. Complete response rate may be improved by escalating radiation dose and optimizing (total) neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Therefore, at least one-fifth of patients will have the chance of rectal preservation using the watch-and-wait strategy. In this therapeutic strategy, patients should be followed up by an active surveillance protocol to detect early tumor regrowth and salvage radical surgery and will, therefore, provide comparable oncologic outcomes to those achieved in patients who undergo initial radical surgery. This review aimed to present the largest reports and highlight the most recent evidence and guidelines for watch-and-wait therapeutic strategy in patients with rectal cancer. UR - https://colorectalresearch.sums.ac.ir/article_48960.html L1 - https://colorectalresearch.sums.ac.ir/article_48960_93dbce1740f097a1061732b7b8f75c9d.pdf ER -