Open AccessRadiotherapy for Colorectal Cancer: Current Standards and Future Perspectives
Author(s) -
Matthias Häfner,
Jürgen Debus
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
visceral medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.598
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2297-475X
pISSN - 2297-4725
DOI - 10.1159/000446486
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , colorectal cancer , chemoradiotherapy , stage (stratigraphy) , perioperative , oncology , neoadjuvant therapy , cancer , radiology , paleontology , biology , breast cancer
Multimodal treatment approaches are indispensable for patients with advanced-stage colorectal cancer. Radiotherapy has been established as essential part of perioperative concepts and was introduced as an option to face challenges such as local relapse or oligometastases.
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