Publication Name	World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
Manuscript ID	21035
Country	United States

Received	2015-06-29 10:15
Peer-Review Started	2015-07-11 10:28
First Decision by Editorial Office Director
Return for Revision	2015-08-21 17:11
Revised	2015-09-08 03:23
Publication Fee Transferred
Second Decision by Editor	2015-09-21 17:52
Second Decision by Editor-in-Chief	2015-09-22 16:29
Final Decision by Editorial Office Director	2015-09-30 18:28
Articles in Press	2015-09-30 18:28
Edit the Manuscript by Language Editor
Typeset the Manuscript	2015-11-11 16:05
Publish the Manuscript Online	2015-11-27 17:31

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Category	Surgery
Manuscript Type	Minireviews
Article Title	Watch and wait approach to rectal cancer: A review
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Marcos E Pozo and Sandy H Fang
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Sandy H Fang, MD, Assistant Professor, Director, Ravitch Division, Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Blalock 618, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, United States. sfang7@jhmi.edu
Key Words	Rectal cancer; Watch and wait approach; Neoadjuvant chemotherapy rectal cancer; Nonoperative management rectal cancer
Core Tip	Standard treatment for stage Ⅱ and Ⅲrectal cancer includes neoadjuvant chemoradiation followed by radical surgical resection. Recent studies have demonstrated that a select population of patients will achieve a pathological complete response with the absence of residual cancer present after surgical resection. Preliminary attempts to identify those rectal cancer patients with a clinical complete response to neoadjuvant therapy, through various diagnostic modalities, may prevent future patients from having to undergo a very morbid operation.
Publish Date	2015-11-27 17:31
Citation	Pozo ME, Fang SH. Watch and wait approach to rectal cancer: A review. World J Gastrointest Surg 2015; 7(11): 306-312
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1948-9366/full/v7/i11/306.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.4240/wjgs.v7.i11.306

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