title: [Radiotherapy of locally recurring colorectal tumors. Prognostic factors, follow-up diagnosis and results].
abstract: From 1979 through April, 1985, 74 patients were treated by percutaneous irradiation for local recurrences of colorectal carcinomas. The treatment consisted of a contralateral irradiation up to a dose of 40 Gy and a small-volume boost up to 60 to 66 Gy. In case of progressive remote metastases, the treatment was finished at 50 Gy. 53 patients received a dose of 50 Gy or more and were followed for at least six months. The decisive prognostic parameter was the presence of remote metastases when the recurrence appeared (n = 32). The median survival was six months, in patients without remote metastases at this moment it was 15 months. A complete or considerable relief of pain was obtained in 78%; it continued for a median period of 8.5 months, although most of the patients showed a new local tumor progression after an interval of three to 26 months. Computed tomography showed only small regressions or, in most cases, unchanged volumes of the tumors.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Allgemeine Radiologie, Universität Heidelberg.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Flentje
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frey
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuttig
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kimmig
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011379:Prognosis; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Strahlentherapie bei Lokalrezidiven kolorektaler Tumoren. Prognostische Faktoren, Verlaufsdiagnostik und Ergebnisse.