Preoperative radiation therapy as an adjuvant to surgery for carcinoma of the colon and rectum
โ Scribed by George A. Higgins Jr.; Richard W. Dwight; William S. Walsh; Edward W. Humphrey
- Book ID
- 118837655
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1968
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 504 KB
- Volume
- 115
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9610
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๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
There is a sound radiobiologic basis for the combined use of preoperative radiation therapy and surgery in the treatment of operable carcinoma of the rectum and rectosigmoid. It is recommended that a planned joint effort be made by surgeons and radiation therapists to evaluate the place of radiation
## BACKGROUND. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of preoperative radiation therapy (RT) on the objective responses of patients with rectal carcinoma to their treatment. These effects were assessed with endorectal ultrasound (EUS) evaluation, histopathologic grading of postirradiati