Original articles
Do not expect an endoluminal complete response to identify a pathologic complete response in rectal cancer!
Alexandre Ghellera,
, Guilherme Inácio Bertoldo de Melo e Patriarca da Silva Neivab, Mario Nóbrega de Araújo Netoa, Fernando Gonçalves Lyrioa, Dunya Bachour Basílioc, Marília Cristina Roda da Costac, Douglas Vieira Mourãoa, Paulo Gonçalves de Oliveirad, João Batista de Sousad
Corresponding author
a Colorectal Surgery Department, Hospital de Base do Distrito Federal, Brasília, DF, Brazil
b Abdominal and Pelvic Surgery Department, Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
c Pathology Department, Hospital de Base do Distrito Federal, Brasília, DF, Brazil
d Division of Colorectal Surgery, Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Brasília, DF, Brazil