The effect of radiotherapy on rectal cancer: a histopathological appraisal and prognostic indicators
| Autor: | Mohammad Alqudah, Najib Haboubi, Emil Salmo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Colorectal cancer medicine.medical_treatment Review Article 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Definitive surgery Medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Rectal cancer Clinical pathology Chemotherapy Modalities business.industry Chemoradiotherapy medicine.disease Therapeutic oncology Regression Radiation therapy MicroRNAs Oncology Treatment modality 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Radiology business |
| Zdroj: | Radiation Oncology Journal |
| ISSN: | 2234-3156 2234-1900 |
| Popis: | The management of rectal cancer is a major undertaking. There are currently multiple treatment modalities with variable degrees of complications. Radiotherapy (RT) is one of the more frequently used modalities either on its own or more frequently with chemotherapy mostly before the definitive surgery. The outcome of RT is unpredictable. RT has its serious side effects and there are no guarantees of its usefulness in all patients. This article outlines the effect of RT on the tumor, reviews the various staging systems of responses to RT and present recent evidence of which case is less responsive to such treatments to avoid unnecessary complications. |
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