Rectal Carcinoma Treated with Short-Term Preoperative Radiotherapy followed by Abdominoperineal Resection

M.G. van der Vaart,W.C. van der Zwet,J. W. Arends,M. Eeftinck Schattenkerk,Eric-Hans Eddes

Rectal Carcinoma Treated with Short-Term Preoperative Radiotherapy followed by Abdominoperineal Resection

2006

M.G. van der Vaart
W.C. van der Zwet
J. W. Arends
M. Eeftinck Schattenkerk
Eric-Hans Eddes

Background: Treatment of choice for rectal carcinoma is short-term preoperative radiotherapy (5 × 5 Gy) followed by a total mesorectal excision (TME) of the rectum. This treatment h

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Carcinoma
General surgery
Colorectal cancer
Total mesorectal excision
Radiation therapy
Rectum
Abdominoperineal resection
Medicine
preoperative radiotherapy
rectal carcinoma
Surgery

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