Preoperative radiotherapy in operable rectal cancer
| Autor: | Olav Dahl, Jan F. Halvorsen, Arild Horn |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Colorectal cancer medicine.medical_treatment Statistics as Topic Rectum Adenocarcinoma Surgical oncology Recurrence medicine Methods Humans Prospective Studies business.industry Abdominoperineal resection Rectal Neoplasms Incidence (epidemiology) Gastroenterology Cancer General Medicine medicine.disease Prognosis Combined Modality Therapy Colorectal surgery Surgery Radiation therapy Survival Rate medicine.anatomical_structure Female Neoplasm Recurrence Local business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Diseases of the colon and rectum. 33(10) |
| ISSN: | 0012-3706 |
| Popis: | The effect of preoperative radiotherapy (31.5 Gy in 3.5 weeks) in operable rectal cancer was examined with respect to resectability and prognosis after two surgical procedures, abdominoperineal resection, or low anterior resection. Preoperative radiation did not influence the surgeon's selection of low anterior resection, which was similar (40 percent) in each group. Radiation improved five-year survival probability and decreased the incidence of local recurrence significantly after low anterior resection. In contrast, no improvement of treatment results was found in patients treated by abdominoperineal resection after radiotherapy. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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