Local excision in mid-to-low rectal cancer patients who revealed clinically total or near-total regression after preoperative chemoradiotherapy; a proposed trial

Table 1 Follow-up schedule and study procedure for study cohort

Documentation	Restaging	LE vs. TME	Visit 1	Visit 2–6
Study procedures	Screening	Surgery	Checking complications	Routine checkup
Period after pre-CRT	4–8 weeks	4–8 weeks	8–16 weeks	Every 6 months after Op.
Getting permission	●
Screening	●
Assigning serial number	●
Demographics	●
Physical exam	●		●	●
Heart/ lung evaluation	●
Chest CT	●			● (Selective)
APCT	●			●
MR, rectal cancer	●			● (Selective)
Endoscopy	●			● (Selective)
Laboratory test	●		●	●
Endorectal sonography	●
Manometry/questionnaire	●			● (Selective)
Checking complications			●	●
Selection of surgery type		●

Pre-CRT Preoperative chemoradiotherapy, Op., Operation, LE Local excision, TME Total mesorectal excision, CT Computed tomography, APCT Abdomino-pelvic CT, MR Magnetic resonance

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