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Rationale for neoadjuvant therapy
| • | Increase likelihood of truly negative surgical margins |
| • | Increase likelihood of completion of all intended multimodality therapy |
| • | Declaration of distant metastases and early progression of disease |
| • | Declaration of patient’s functional status and inability to tolerate operation |
| • | Opportunities for in vivo and in vitro testing for chemoresponsiveness |
