https://www.selleckchem.com/pr....oducts/bay-11-7085.h
Patients with locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) may experience a clinical complete response (cCR) to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NACRT) and opt for non-operative management. Pathological factors that relate to NACRT response have been well described. Host factors associated with response, however, are poorly defined. Calcification of the aortoiliac (AC) vessels supplying the rectum may influence treatment response. Patients with LARC having NACRT prior to curative surgery at Glasgow Royal Infirmary (GRI) and St Mark's hospita