Can neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy be omitted in cT2N+ and cT3 mid-rectal cancer: Protocol for a prospective, observational, cohort study (CANO)

• Feza Karakayali ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Feza Karakayali, Ilknur Erenler Bayraktar, Onur Bayraktar, Aras Emre Canda

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Baskent University, Istanbul, Türkiye

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• Cigdem Arslan ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: cigdemarslan@hotmail.it

  ¶‡ CA and TB also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Istanbul Health and Technology University, Istanbul, Türkiye

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2282-7207

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• Tayfun Bisgin ,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Software

  ¶‡ CA and TB also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Türkiye

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• Ilknur Erenler Bayraktar ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Feza Karakayali, Ilknur Erenler Bayraktar, Onur Bayraktar, Aras Emre Canda

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Halic University, Istanbul, Türkiye

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4878-0873

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• Onur Bayraktar ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Feza Karakayali, Ilknur Erenler Bayraktar, Onur Bayraktar, Aras Emre Canda

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Halic University, Istanbul, Türkiye

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• Aras Emre Canda

  Contributed equally to this work with: Feza Karakayali, Ilknur Erenler Bayraktar, Onur Bayraktar, Aras Emre Canda

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Acibadem Kent Hospital, Izmir, Türkiye

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8257-5881

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