title: [Adjuvant radiotherapy of rectal cancer].
abstract: Evaluation and refinement of surgical techniques in rectal carcinoma have reduced the rate of local recurrences. Nevertheless recurrence it remains high at more than 20% in patients with extensive infiltration of perirectal tissues and cures are an exception. Overview of many years of experience with adjuvant radiotherapy shows that local recurrence rate can be reduced and survival the rate improved.
authors.affiliation: Strahlenklinik Universitätsklinikum Essen.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sack
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bamberg
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Budach
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000401:mortality; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D015996:Survival Rate