Review article
Contemporary treatment of rectal carcinoma
Hrvoje Šobat
Meliha Solak Mekić
Abstract
In the last few decades we have witnessed a great advancement in the treatment of rectal carcinoma. This advancement has partly been enabled by the development of new surgical techniques, magnetic resonance imaging as an optimal diagnostic tool and of new histopathological techniques for resected specimen evaluation. Other important contributions include the development of sophisticated radiotherapy treatment techniques which, applied with new cytostatics and smart drugs, induce a better tumor response while reducing toxicity. Although each discipline has contributed to a better understanding of the disease, it is the multidisciplinary approach that has yielded success in treatment so far.
Keywords
neoadjuvant therapy; short course radiotherapy; long course radiotherapy; concomitant chemotherapy; pathologic complete response
Hrčak ID:
139048
URI
Publication date:
14.5.2015.
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