[Indications for radiotherapy and chemotherapy in colorectal cancer].
The treatment of colorectal cancer is undergoing serious transformation. Surgical techniques have evolved, the role of adjuvant radio- and chemotherapy has been confirmed as an essential part of the current treatment of these cancer and new drugs, established in advanced disease are now being introduced in combination schemes of promise in both palliative and adjuvant chemotherapy.
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Service d'Oncologie Médicale, C.H.I.R.E.C., Site Edith Cavell, U.L.B.
D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods; D018579:Patient Selection; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000379:methods; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome