Combined multistep approach in a locally advanced rectal cancer with sacral invasion: case report.
Composite pelvic resection with sacrectomy may provide good local control in case of locally advanced rectal cancer infiltrating the sacral bone. A combined multidisciplinary approach including chemotherapy and radiotherapy is here presented for a case of rectal tumor invading the sacrum.
Delrio
P
P
Colorectal Cancer Cooperative Team, Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Napoli.
Fazioli
F
F
Di Marzo
M
M
Avallone
A
A
Elmo
M
M
Pecori
B
B
Ravo
V
V
Idà
D N
DN
Bianchi
P
P
Cremona
F
F
De Rosa
V
V
Parisi
V
V
D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D012447:Sacrum