Is the depth of post-treatment perirectal tissue invasion a predictor of outcome in patients with clinical T3N1M0 rectal cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiation followed by surgical resection?
The depth of residual T3 tumor invasion into the perirectal tissue correlates with recurrence and overall survival in patients who underwent neoadjuvant therapy followed by surgical resection for clinically staged T3N1M0 rectal cancer.
These results provide insight into the genetic basis of sex differences in asthma and highlight the potential importance of interactions among sex, genotype, and environmental factors in asthma pathogenesis.