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Rectal Cancer

Recent findings in rectal cancer described by D.W. Dietz and colleagues

Published in Respiratory Therapeutics Week, December 22nd, 2008

According to recent research from the United States, "The response of rectal cancers to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy is variable. Tumor hypoxia reduces the effectiveness of both radiation therapy and chemotherapy and is a well-known risk factor for tumor radioresistence."

"We hypothesized that imaging with the novel hypoxia-detecting agent, Cu-60-diacetyl-bis (N-4-methylthiosemicarbazone) (Cu-60-ATSM), previously validated in cervical and lung cancers, would predict the response of rectal cancers to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy and prognosis. Patients with locally invasive (T2-4) primary or node-positive rectal cancer located < 12 cm from the anal verge were...

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