Predicting Residual Rectal Adenocarcinoma in the Surgical Specimen after Preoperative Brachytherapy with Endoscopic Ultrasound | Zendy

Joseph Romagnuolo | Zendy; Josée Parent | Zendy; T. Vuong | Zendy; Mélanie Bélanger | Zendy; René P. Michel | Zendy; Paul Belliveau | Zendy; Judith L. Trudel | Zendy

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Predicting Residual Rectal Adenocarcinoma in the Surgical Specimen after Preoperative Brachytherapy with Endoscopic Ultrasound

Author(s) -

Joseph Romagnuolo,

Josée Parent,

T. Vuong,

Mélanie Bélanger,

René P. Michel,

Paul Belliveau,

Judith L. Trudel

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

canadian journal of gastroenterology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1916-7237

pISSN - 0835-7900

DOI - 10.1155/2004/715393

Subject(s) - medicine , endoscopic ultrasound , brachytherapy , stage (stratigraphy) , radiology , lymph node , colorectal cancer , radiation therapy , nuclear medicine , cancer , paleontology , biology

A novel brachytherapy (BT) protocol evaluated at McGill University has shown promise in terms of downstaging and achieving high tumour sterilization rates in rectal cancer. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) has emerged as the imaging modality of choice for local staging of rectal cancer. However, external beam radiotherapy appears to decrease the accuracy of EUS from 85% to 40%. The aim of the present study was to prospectively evaluate the accuracy of EUS in assessing the response of rectal cancer to BT.

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