Watch and Wait as Treatment for Patients With Rectal Cancer

"Continuous follow-up. All patients with complete response will be followed for ten years. Details from the follow-up schedule will be registered in clinical record forms including information on the endoscopic findings, MRI findings and digital examination.~They will be followed ever third month for the first two years as follows:~* PET-CT is optional, but can be performed at inclusion~* Pelvic MRI including diffusion weighted imaging according to appendix C.~* Clinical examination~* Endoscopy (flexible sigmoidoskopy) with photodocumentation~* CEA~After two years the patients will be followed every six month with:~* Pelvic MRI including diffusion weighted imaging according to appendix as at baseline~* Clinical examination~* Endoscopy with photodocumentation~* CEA"

Surgery according to recommendations from the multidisciplinary group in patients that prefer surgery to a watch and wait strategy