Acellular mucin pools and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio: unveiling hidden aggressiveness in pathological complete response after chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer
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Background: Pathological complete response (pCR) following neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) for locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) does not eliminate tumor recurrence risk, with distant metastasis remaining a critical chal... ...