Addition of short course radiotherapy in newly diagnosed locally advanced rectal cancers with distant metastasis.
Shanu JainReena EngineerVikas OstwalAnant RamaswamySupriya ChopraAshwin DesouzaShirley LewisSupreeta AryaPrachi PatilAvanish SaklaniPublished in: Asia-Pacific journal of clinical oncology (2020)
The addition of SCRT to CT in mLARC can downstage the primary tumor to undergo surgery, thereby, achieving better loco-regional control and survival. It achieves good palliation in patients unable to undergo surgery due to extensive primary or metastatic disease.
Keyphrases
- newly diagnosed
- locally advanced
- minimally invasive
- squamous cell carcinoma
- rectal cancer
- coronary artery bypass
- end stage renal disease
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- ejection fraction
- computed tomography
- early stage
- lymph node
- peritoneal dialysis
- magnetic resonance imaging
- phase ii study
- magnetic resonance
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- acute coronary syndrome
- patient reported outcomes
- contrast enhanced