Biomarkers in locally advanced rectal cancer: A review
- Journal Title
- Clinical Colorectal Cancer
- Publication Type
- epub ahead of print
- Abstract
- Locally advanced rectal cancers (LARC) are the subject of a rapidly evolving treatment paradigm. The critical timepoints where management decisions are required during the care of the LARC patient are: prior to the institution of any treatment, post neoadjuvant therapy and post-surgery. This article reviews the clinical, imaging, blood-based, tissue-based, and molecular biomarkers that can assist clinicians at these timepoints in the patient's management, in prognosticating for their LARC patients or in predicting responses to therapy in the multi-modality neoadjuvant treatment era.
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Keywords
- Neoadjuvant chemoradiation; Prognosis; Rectal carcinoma; Survival; Treatment
- Research Division(s)
- Personalised Oncology
- PubMed ID
- 34961731
- Publisher's Version
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clcc.2021.11.002
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- Refer to copyright notice on published article.
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