title: [Neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy of rectal carcinoma: retrospective analysis of a personal experience].
abstract: Even if surgical resection continues to be the mainstay of treatment in rectal cancer, preoperative chemoradiation may downstage locally advanced rectal cancer, in some cases with no residual tumors. Compared with surgery alone, preoperative radiotherapy and chemotherapy improves outcomes in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer. In the present review we summarize the results of preoperative chemoradiation therapy in a group of 15 patients who underwent surgical resection with total mesorectal excision (TME) for advanced mid and low rectal cancer from February 2002 to February 2004.
authors.affiliation: UO di Chirurgia e Terapie Oncologiche Avanzate, Forlì.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vagliasindi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Teodorani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Palazzi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Framarini
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mazza
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Datiti
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rosetti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Curcio
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Verdecchia
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011300:Preoperative Care; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D012189:Retrospective Studies