Definitive treatment of extensive anorectal carcinoma by external and interstitial irradiation.
Forty-patients with locally extensive carcinoma of the anorectum were treated by a combination of external and interstitial irradiation from April 1, 1974 to January 30, 1979. Twenty-eight patients (70%) achieved complete local tumor control and two more patients with residual tumor were salvaged by surgery. Twenty-four patients remain alive with local control for an average follow up period of three years. The overall complication rate has been 20%.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001005:Anus Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D003125:Colostomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D011379:Prognosis; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*