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- Title
Patient and multidisciplinary team perspectives on watch and wait in rectal cancer.
- Authors
Mohan, Helen; Rabie, Mohammed; Walsh, Ciaran; Harji, Deena; Sutton, Paul; Geh, Ian; Jackson, Ian; Helbren, Emma; Evans, Martyn; Jenkins, John T.
- Abstract
This article adopts a multidisciplinary approach, including surgery, oncology, radiology and patient perspectives, to discuss the key points of debate surrounding a watch and wait approach. In an era of shared decision‐making, discussion of watch and wait as an option in the context of complete clinical response is appropriate, although it is not the gold standard treatment. Key challenges are the difficulty in assessing for a complete clinical response, prediction of recurrence and access to timely diagnostics for surveillance. Salvage surgery has good results if regrowth is detected early but does have imperfect outcomes, with only a 90% salvage rate. Good communication with patients about the risks and alternatives is essential. Patients undergoing watch and wait should ideally be enrolled in prospective registries or clinical trials.
- Subjects
RECTAL cancer; PATIENTS' attitudes
- Publication
Colorectal Disease, 2023, Vol 25, Issue 7, p1489
- ISSN
1462-8910
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/codi.16592