Treatment of locally advanced rectal cancer with radiation therapy and preoperative chemotherapy
Tratamiento del cáncer de recto localmente avanzado con radioterapia y quimioterapia preoperatoria
Resumen:
Colorectal cancer has a high mortality rafe in Uruguay Surgery alone has a local relapsing rafe of 13-26%. Preoperative irradia/ion has shown to improve the ressecability and the local management. The aim of this protocol is to decrease the rafe of local relapse, using preopeative raiotherapy (RT) and concomitan/ chemoterapy that enhances the RT effects, improving therefore the therapeutic ratio.
En Uruguay, el cáncer colorrectal tiene una alta tasa de mortalidad. La cirugía exclusiva, tiene 13-26% de recurrencias locales. La irradiación preoperatoria ha demostrado mejorar la resecabilidad y el control local. El objetivo de este protocolo es disminuir el porcentaje de recidiva local, utilizando radioterapia (RT) preoperatoria y quimioterapia concomitante que potencie el efecto de la RT, mejorando así el cociente terapéutico.
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neoplasmas quimioterapia radioterapia recto neoplasms chemotherapy radiotherapy rectum |
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| Sociedad de Cirugía del Uruguay | |
| Revista Cirugía del Uruguay | |
| https://revista.scu.org.uy/index.php/cir_urug/article/view/4228 | |
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| Sumario: | Colorectal cancer has a high mortality rafe in Uruguay Surgery alone has a local relapsing rafe of 13-26%. Preoperative irradia/ion has shown to improve the ressecability and the local management. The aim of this protocol is to decrease the rafe of local relapse, using preopeative raiotherapy (RT) and concomitan/ chemoterapy that enhances the RT effects, improving therefore the therapeutic ratio. |
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