Preoperative Radiation Therapy for Upper Rectal CancerT3,T4/Nx: Selectivity Essential

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• 作者：Sarah Popek¹ ; Vassiliki Liana Tsikitis¹ ; Lisa Hazard² ; Alfred M. Cohen¹ ; ^{acohen@surgery.arizona.edu}
• 关键词：Neoadjuvant therapy ; Rectal cancer ; T3 ; T4Nx
• 刊名：Clinical Colorectal Cancer
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：pca91_15330028
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：June, 2012
• 卷：11
• 期：2
• 页码：88-92
• 文件大小：261 K

摘要

This review explores the current available literature regarding the role of neoadjuvant therapy for upper locally advanced rectal cancers (鈮?0cm-15cm). Although there is a paucity of data evaluating the outcomes of preoperative chemoradiation for upper rectal cancers the authors suggest that T3N0 tumors will not likely benefit from radiation and that treatment of T4N0 should be individualized.