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
Survival following moderate-dose preoperative radiation therapy for carcinoma of the rectum
โ Scribed by Paul Friedmann; Jane L. Garb; Won C. Park; Alan Stark; Ronald C. Deconti; J. Richard Chabot; Omar T. Pace
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 609 KB
- Volume
- 55
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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A regimen of low-dose preoperative radiation therapy (RT), surgery, and elective postoperative RT for resectable carcinomas of the rectum and rectosigmoid is presented. Initial results in a group of 36 patients is discussed. In four patients clinically silent metastatic disease was discovered. Of 16
## 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