Preoperative radiochemotherapy in T3 operable low rectal cancers: A gold standard?

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1609-1614

  Fucini, Claudio ^a   Pucciani, Filippo ^a   Elbetti, Claudio ^a   Gattai, Riccardo ^a   Russo, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM TUMOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77955468449     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-010-0513-5     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. JK MacFarlane RD Ryall RJ Heald 1993 Mesorectal excision for rectal cancer Lancet 20 457 460 10.1016/0140-6736(93)90207-W (Pubitemid 23054519)
2. E Leo F Belli MT Baldini, et al. 1994 New perspective in the treatment of low rectal cancer: total rectal resection and coloendoanal anastomosis Dis Colon Rectum 37 S62 S68 10.1007/BF02048434 1:STN:280:DyaK2c7kslyktg%3D%3D 8313796
3. A Berger E Tiret C Cunningham, et al. 1999 Rectal excision and colonic pouch-anal anastomosis for rectal cancer: oncologic results at five years Dis Colon Rectum 42 1265 1271 10.1007/BF02234211 1:STN:280:DyaK1Mvls1Sgsg%3D%3D 10528762 (Pubitemid 29489357)
4. E Rullier F Zerbib C Laurent, et al. 1999 Intersphincteric resection with excision of internal anal sphincter for conservative treatment of very low rectal cancer Dis Colon Rectum 42 1168 1175 10.1007/BF02238569 1:STN:280:DyaK1MvisVyktA%3D%3D 10496557 (Pubitemid 29439289)
5. S Boulis-Wassif A Gerard J Loygue, et al. 1984 Final results of a randomized trial on the treatment of rectal cancer with preoperative radiotherapy alone or in combination with 5-fluorouracil, followed by radical surgery. Trial of the European Organization on Research and Treatment of Cancer Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer Cooperative Group Cancer 53 1811 1818 10.1002/1097-0142(19840501)53:9<1811::AID-CNCR2820530902>3.0.CO;2-H 1:STN:280:DyaL2c7ls1Whsg%3D%3D 6423263
6. GA Higgins EW Humphrey RW Dwight, et al. 1986 Preoperative radiation and surgery for cancer of the rectum. Veterans Administration Surgical Oncology Group Trial II Cancer 58 352 359 10.1002/1097-0142(19860715)58:2<352::AID- CNCR2820580226>3.0.CO;2-D 1:STN:280:DyaL283ksVKlsw%3D%3D 3521832
7. CR Shumate TA Rich JM Skibber, et al. 1993 Preoperative chemotherapy and radiation therapy for locally advanced primary and recurrent rectal carcinoma. A report of surgical morbidity Cancer 71 3690 3696 10.1002/1097-0142(19930601)71: 11<3690::AID-CNCR2820711136>3.0.CO;2-H 1:STN:280:DyaK3s3lvVOmsQ%3D%3D 8490919 (Pubitemid 23152685)
8. B Minsky A Cohen W Enker, et al. 1994 Preoperative 5-fluorouracil, low-dose leucovorin, and concurrent radiation therapy for rectal cancer Cancer 73 273 280 10.1002/1097-0142(19940115)73:2<273::AID-CNCR2820730207>3.0. CO;2-4 1:STN:280:DyaK2c7itlahsQ%3D%3D 8293388 (Pubitemid 2019155)
9. DM Hyams EP Mamounas N Petrelli, et al. 1993 A clinical trial to evaluate the worth of preoperative multimodality therapy in patients with operable carcinoma of the rectum: a progress report of National Surgical Breast and Bowel Project Protocol R-03 Dis Colon Rectum 40 131 139 10.1007/BF02054976
10. R Sauer H Becker W Hohenderberg, et al. 2004 Preoperative versus postoperative chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer N Engl J Med 351 1731 1740 10.1056/NEJMoa040694 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD2cXovFSksbo%3D 15496622 (Pubitemid 39383208)
11. JF Lim JJ Tjandra R Hiscock, et al. 2006 Preoperative chemoradiation for rectal cancer causes prolonged pudendal nerve terminal motor latency Dis Colon Rectum 49 12 19 10.1007/s10350-005-0221-7 16292664 (Pubitemid 41830650)
12. J Pollack T Holm B Cedermark, et al. 2006 Long-term effect of preoperative radiation therapy on anorectal function Dis Colon Rectum 49 345 352 10.1007/s10350-005-0296-1 16532369
13. I Craven D Sebag-Montefiore 2007 Is there a role for radiotherapy in operable rectal cancer? Clin Oncol 19 687 692 10.1016/j.clon.2007.07.004 1:STN:280:DC%2BD2srosFWnsw%3D%3D (Pubitemid 47471493)
14. LA Kachnic TS Hong DP Ryan 2008 Rectal cancer at the crossroads: the dilemma of clinically staged T3, N0, M0 disease J Clin Oncol 20 350 351 10.1200/JCO.2007.14.6365 (Pubitemid 351171682)
15. JG Guillem JA Díaz-González BD Minsky, et al. 2008 cT3N0 rectal cancer: potential overtreatment with preoperative chemoradiotherapy is warranted J Clin Oncol 20 368 373 10.1200/JCO.2007.13.5434 (Pubitemid 351171686)
16. D Sebag-Montefiore RJ Stephens R Steele, et al. 2009 Preoperative radiotherapy versus selective postoperative chemoradiotherapy in patients with rectal cancer (MRC CR07 and NCIC-CTG C016): a multicentre, randomised trial Lancet 373 9666 811 820 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60484-0 19269519
17. M O'Connel JA Martenson HS Wieand, et al. 1994 Improving adjuvant therapy for rectal cancer by combining protracted-infusion fluorouracil with radiation therapy after curative surgery N Engl J Med 331 502 510 10.1056/ NEJM199408253310803 (Pubitemid 24256753)
18. M Mohiuddin M Hayne WF Regine, et al. 2000 Prognostic significance of postchemoradiation stage following preoperative chemotherapy and radiation for advanced/recurrent rectal cancer Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 48 1075 1080 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00732-X 1:STN:280:DC%2BD3M%2FktlSiug%3D%3D 11072165
19. J Garcia-Aguilar E Hernandez de Anda P Sirivongs, et al. 2003 A pathologic complete response to preoperative chemoradiation is associated with lower recurrence and improved survival in rectal cancer patients treated by mesorectal excision Dis Colon Rectum 46 298 304 10.1007/s10350-004-6545-x 12626903 (Pubitemid 36331646)
20. L Ruo S Tickoo DS Klimstra, et al. 2002 Long term prognostic significance of extent of rectal cancer response to preoperative radiation and chemotherapy Ann Surg 236 75 81 10.1097/00000658-200207000-00012 12131088 (Pubitemid 34686453)
21. KC Peeters CA Marijnen ID Nagtegaal, et al. 2007 The TME trial after a median follow-up of 6 years: increased local control but no survival benefit in irradiated patients with resectable rectal carcinoma Ann Surg 246 693 701 10.1097/01.sla.0000257358.56863.ce 17968156 (Pubitemid 350035641)
22. JP Welch GA Donaldson 1979 The clinical correlation of an autopsy study of recurrent colorectal cancer Ann Surg 189 496 502 10.1097/00000658-197904000- 00027 1:STN:280:DyaE1M7os1emtw%3D%3D 443905
23. NA Janian C Crane BW Feig, et al. 2001 Improved overall survival among responders to preoperative chemoradiation for locally advanced rectal cancer Am J Clin Oncol 24 107 112 10.1097/00000421-200104000-00001 (Pubitemid 32323343)
24. G Theodoropoulos WE Wise A Padmanabhan, et al. 2002 T level downstaging and complete pathologic response after preoperative chemoradiation for advanced rectal cancer result in decreased recurrence and improved disease-free survival Dis Colon Rectum 45 895 903 10.1007/s10350-004-6325-7 12130878 (Pubitemid 34761469)
25. K Bujko W Michalski L Kepka, et al. 2007 Polish Colorectal Study Group. Association between pathologic response in metastatic lymph nodes after preoperative chemoradiotherapy and risk of distant metastases in rectal cancer: An analysis of outcomes in a randomized trial Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 67 369 377 17118570
26. A Okonkwo S Musunuri M Talamonti, et al. 2001 Molecular markers and prediction of response to chemoradiation in rectal cancer Oncol Rep 3 497 500 10.1007/s11912-001-0071-y