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- Title
Functional outcome following restorative rectal cancer surgery.
- Authors
Zhau, A. P.; Kennedy, P. J.; Singh, V.
- Abstract
The trend towards preoperative adjuvant and neoadjuvant therapies in selected patients with rectal cancer has led to increases in sphincter preservation with a limited understanding of the factors governing unsatisfactory functional outcomes. Data would suggest the need for a more selective use of standard radiotherapeutic fields in low- to intermediate-risk cases where there appears to be limited survival or locoregional recurrence benefit and where there is under-reported toxicity. This article discusses the complex factors which impact on functional outcome following open rectal cancer surgery particularly when it is accompanied by adjuvant therapy.
- Subjects
RECTAL cancer; RECTAL surgery; ADJUVANT treatment of cancer; CANCER patients; RADIOTHERAPY -- Risk factors; IMMUNOLOGICAL adjuvants
- Publication
Acta Chirurgica Iugoslavica, 2009, Vol 56, Issue 2, p9
- ISSN
0354-950X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2298/ACI0902009Z