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RESULTS: The median follow-up of the 209 patients who were included was 40 months. In total, 28 patients (13%) had detectable ctDNA after surgery. Postoperative ctDNA-positive patients had a worse TTR compared with ctDNA-negative patients (HR 6.2 (95% c.i. 3.4 to 11.2); P < 0.001). Of all ctDNA-positive patients, 36% did not develop recurrences during 3-year follow-up. Detectable ctDNA after ACT was associated with worse TTR (HR 7.9 (95% c.i. 3.9 to 15.9); P < 0.001). ctDNA status combined with pathological risk classification resulted in a 3-year recurrence risk that varied from 82% for pathological high-risk (pT4/N2) ctDNA-positive patients to 7% for pathological low-risk (pT1-3 N1) ctDNA-negative patients (HR 28.5 (95% c.i. 10.5 to 77.2); P < 0.001). 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