Clinical research for rectal carcinoma: State of the art and objectives

The treatment of rectal carcinoma is based on multidisciplinary strategy and multimodal approaches including gastrointestinal tract specialists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists and surgery. The different objectives should be declined according to the characteristics of the tumours. The ai...

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Published in:Cancer radiothérapie 2017-10, Vol.21 (6-7), p.533
Main Authors: Maingon, P, Simon, J-M, Canova, C-H, Troussier, I, Besson, N, Caillot, É, Huguet, F
Format: Article
Language:fre
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Biomedical Research
Humans
Rectal Neoplasms - therapy
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Summary:The treatment of rectal carcinoma is based on multidisciplinary strategy and multimodal approaches including gastrointestinal tract specialists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists and surgery. The different objectives should be declined according to the characteristics of the tumours. The aim of the therapist would be to select the best strategy offering to the patient to be cured with as less as possible late adverse toxicity. The challenge of the treatment of small tumours is to maintain a functional anal sphincter while minimizing the risk of local recurrence. The standard treatment of locally advanced disease is aiming firstly to cure the patient and secondly to prevent late complications. Each of these clinical presentations of the disease has to be considered as a whole taking into account the new surgical techniques and a personalized approach adapted to the tumour. Nowadays they should be studied with dedicated clinical trials.
ISSN:1769-6658
DOI:10.1016/j.canrad.2017.07.019