Essential updates 2020/2021: Advancing precision medicine for comprehensive rectal cancer treatment.
Ichiro TakemasaAtsushi HamabeMasaaki MiyoEmi AkizukiKoichi OkuyaPublished in: Annals of gastroenterological surgery (2022)
In the paradigm shift related to rectal cancer treatment, we have to understand a variety of new emerging topics to provide appropriate treatment for individual patients as precision medicine. However, information on surgery, genomic medicine, and pharmacotherapy is highly specialized and subdivided, creating a barrier to achieving thorough knowledge. In this review, we summarize the perspective for rectal cancer treatment and management from the current standard-of-care to the latest findings to help optimize treatment strategy.
Keyphrases
- rectal cancer
- palliative care
- minimally invasive
- coronary artery disease
- quality improvement
- end stage renal disease
- locally advanced
- radiation therapy
- social media
- ejection fraction
- combination therapy
- prognostic factors
- smoking cessation
- coronary artery bypass
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- peritoneal dialysis