Rectal Cancer Neoadjuvant. Author(s): Dr Kathryn Field — Author. The advent of this modality of treatment has impacted on the way the pathological evaluation of resection.
Genotype-guided neoadjuvant therapy for rectal cancer. Neoadjuvant therapy aims to reduce the size or extent of the cancer before using radical treatment. Neoadjuvant radiotherapy in rectal cancer has been shown to be effective in reducing tumour burden in advance of curative surgery.
Rodrigo Perez argues in favor of watchful waiting for rectal cancer.
The concurrent neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy is standard care for local advanced rectal cancer (LARC), however, this regimen may induce sorts of adverse events.
Neoadjuvant therapy is the administration of therapeutic agents before a main treatment. Most clinical practice guidelines recommend a selective approach for rectal cancer after clinical staging. Key Words: Elderly, neoadjuvant chemotherapy, rectal cancer.
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