Radiotherapy-to-Surgery Interval After Induction Total Neoadjuvant Therapy for Rectal Cancer: Perioperative Outcomes and Oncologic Quality of Total Mesorectal Excision.
BACKGROUND The interval from radiotherapy completion to surgery may affect pelvic fibrosis, operative difficulty, postoperative morbidity, and quality of rectal cancer resection. In total neoadjuvant therapy (TNT), however, this interval has different clinical content according to treatment sequence. We evaluated wheth...