Rectal Cancer

Chemo plus radiation before surgery leads to improved sphincter control

Published in Cancer Weekly, September 23rd, 2003

Concurrent chemotherapy combined with preoperative radiation therapy for patients with advanced rectal cancer leads to improved sphincter preservation, according to a new study.

To better understand the contributions of concurrent chemotherapy to preoperative radiation therapy, researchers compared the outcomes of rectal patients who were treated at two large institutions - M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

During the study, researchers reviewed the hospital and radiation records of 403 patients with clinically staged T3 or T4 adenocarcinoma of the rectum who were treated at one of the...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2003-09-23)

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