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Is ypTNM staging a comparable predictor as pTNM staging for survival in non-metastatic rectal cancer after preoperative chemoradiation therapy?

JEN-PIN CHUANG^1,2,3, HSIANG-LIN TSAI^4,5, WEI-CHIH SU^4,6,7, PO-JUNG CHEN^4,6, CHING-WEN HUANG^4,5, TSUNG-KUN CHANG^4,6,7, YEN-CHENG CHEN^4,6, CHING-CHUN LI^4,8, YUNG-SUNG YEH^4,9,10, TZU-CHIEH YIN^4,5,11, JAW-YUAN WANG^{4,5,6,12,13,*}

1 Ministry of Health and Welfare, Chiayi Hospital, Chiayi, 60096, Taiwan
2 Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan
3 Department of Surgery, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan
4 Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan
5 Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan
6 Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan
7 Department of Surgery, Faculty of Post-Baccalaureate Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan
8 Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiaokang Hospital, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan
9 Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan
10 Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Post-Baccalaureate Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan
11 Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Municipal Tatung Hospital, Kaohsiung, 80145, Taiwan
12 Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan
13 Center for Cancer Research, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan

* Corresponding Authors: JAW-YUAN WANG. Email: ,