[Radiation therapy, chemotherapy and watchful waiting as a treatment option in rectal cancer].
Rectal cancer is a common disease for which surgery is standard procedure. If the cancer is locally advanced, operation is preceded by radiation therapy and chemotherapy. We present a case in which the patient was not operated. Cases like this have led to the establishment of a Danish prospective clinical trial, one of the objectives of which is to investigate the frequency of local recurrence of rectal cancer when no surgery is performed. A subgroup of patients may be curatively treated by radiation and chemotherapy alone.
Røntgenafdelingen, Vejle Sygehus, 7100 Vejle, Denmark. mette.marie.sanvig@slb.regionsyddanmark.dk
Mette Marie
MM
Sanvig
Søren R
SR
Rafaelsen
Anders
A
Jakobsen
D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual / Q000175:diagnosis; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000628:therapy*; D012074:Remission Induction