A fatal case of Fournier's gangrene during neoadjuvant radiotherapy for rectal cancer.

Rainer Johannes KlementGabriele SchäferReinhart A Sweeney

Published in: Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] (2018)

This case highlights the occurrence of Fournier's gangrene as an extremely rare but life-threatening complication during neoadjuvant radiotherapy for rectal cancer which should be refreshed in the awareness of radiation oncologists and radiologists.

Keyphrases

rectal cancer
locally advanced
squamous cell carcinoma
radiation therapy
early stage
radiation induced
risk assessment
artificial intelligence
lymph node
deep learning
advanced cancer