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Surgery offers the highest potential cure for a postoperative pelvic recurrence of colorectal cancer. However, a pelvic exenteration is often performed, which is highly invasive and its postoperative management is… Click to show full abstract
Surgery offers the highest potential cure for a postoperative pelvic recurrence of colorectal cancer. However, a pelvic exenteration is often performed, which is highly invasive and its postoperative management is challenging. Although radiation therapy (RT) is a less invasive treatment option, the clinical outcomes of RT for pelvic recurrence of rectal cancer remain unsatisfactory with local control rates of 68% to 74%, even with stereotactic body RT (SBRT) for relatively small recurrent tumors.
Keywords:
postoperative pelvic;
radiation therapy;
pelvic recurrence;
recurrence;
cancer
Journal Title: Advances in Radiation Oncology
Year Published: 2021
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Journal Title: Advances in Radiation Oncology
Year Published: 2021
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