title: [Preoperative thermoradiotherapy in the combined treatment of rectal tumors is the inferior ampullar segmentŏ].
abstract: Data on the examination of 260 radically-treated patients with rectal tumors in the inferior ampullar segment are presented. 107 patients received surgery alone, another 75--preoperative radiotherapy, while still another 78--preoperative thermoradiotherapy. Combined treatment of stage III tumors significantly reduced recurrence incidence and was followed by significant increase in recurrence-free survival rates. In cases of tumor disseminated to the regional lymph nodes, recurrence-free survival was observed after preoperative thermoradiation only.
authors.affiliation: N.N. Blokhin Center for Oncology Research, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow.
authors.forename: Iu A
authors.initials: IuA
authors.lastname: Barsukov
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Tkachev
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Nikolaev
authors.forename: R I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Tamrazov
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Vlasov
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant / Q000379:methods; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome