Postoperative chemoradiotherapy is the recommended standard therapy for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer. In recent years, encouraging results with preoperative radiotherapy have been reported. From 2000 at january 2005 we treated 11 patients and our results suggest that preoperative radiotherapy combined with chemotherapy increases the chances of tumor downstaging and downsizing and facilitates sphincter-sparing surgical procedures.
Neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy of rectal cancer: our experience
COTELLESE, Roberto;GENOVESI, Domenico;INNOCENTI, Paolo
2005-01-01
Abstract
Postoperative chemoradiotherapy is the recommended standard therapy for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer. In recent years, encouraging results with preoperative radiotherapy have been reported. From 2000 at january 2005 we treated 11 patients and our results suggest that preoperative radiotherapy combined with chemotherapy increases the chances of tumor downstaging and downsizing and facilitates sphincter-sparing surgical procedures.File in questo prodotto:
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