Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	11147
Country	South Korea

Received	2014-05-07 09:30
Peer-Review Started	2014-05-07 17:54
To Make the First Decision	2014-06-10 13:25
Return for Revision	2014-06-15 15:22
Revised	2014-06-30 08:28
Second Decision	2014-08-28 09:51
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2014-08-28 10:10
Articles in Press	2014-08-28 10:49
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Typeset the Manuscript	2014-12-31 16:11
Publish the Manuscript Online	2015-01-18 16:09

ISSN	1007-9327 (print) and 2219-2840 (online)
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Category	Surgery
Manuscript Type	Retrospective Study
Article Title	Impression of prognosis regarding pathologic stage after preoperative chemoradiotherapy in rectal cancer
Manuscript Source	Unsolicited Manuscript
All Author List	Kyungyeon Hwang, In Ja Park, Chang Sik Yu, Seok-Byung Lim, Jong Lyul Lee, Yong Sik Yoon, Chan Wook Kim and Jin Cheon Kim
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	In Ja Park, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, 86 Asanbyeongwon-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, South Korea. ipark@amc.seoul.kr
Key Words	Preoperative; Chemoradiotherapy; Rectal cancer; Pathologic stage; Prognosis
Core Tip	Strictly speaking, there is no common objective guideline to predict prognosis and give adjuvant treatment according to risk stratification. Patients who show good response were thought to have good prognosis. However, expected value of recurrence-free survival or recurrence rate was not suggested especially in patients who did not show good response to patients receiving preoperative chemoradiotherapy (PCRT). In addition, how to measure the response level was variable. The present study suggests impression of prognosis based on pathologic stage, which is objective, after PCRT and radical resection and show stage-by-stage comparison with those without PCRT to give impression of prognosis by using familiar stage-based prognosis.
Publish Date	2015-01-18 16:09
Citation	Hwang K, Park IJ, Yu CS, Lim SB, Lee JL, Yoon YS, Kim CW, Kim JC. Impression of prognosis regarding pathologic stage after preoperative chemoradiotherapy in rectal cancer. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(2): 563-570
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v21/i2/563.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v21.i2.563

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