title: Metachronous squamous-cell carcinoma of the colon and treatment of rectal squamous carcinoma with chemoradiotherapy.
abstract: Rectal squamous-cell carcinoma is a rare tumour with an incidence of less than 1 per 1000 cases. We report such a case treated with chemoradiotherapy. The patient developed a metastasis in the spleen and a further squamous tumour in the right colon, both of which were successfully resected. No histological evidence of recurrent rectal tumour has been found. Two years following presentation, the patient remains disease-free although symptomatic from a radiotherapy-induced stricture of the rectum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Brammer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Taniere
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Radley
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000556:secondary; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome