Open AccessRadiation therapy for pelvic recurrent colorectal or gynecological cancer: is whole pelvic irradiation necessary?
Author(s) -
Naoya Ishibashi,
Toshiya Maebayashi,
Masaharu Hata,
Takuya Aizawa,
Masakuni Sakaguchi,
Masahiro Okada
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
annals of palliative medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2224-5839
pISSN - 2224-5820
DOI - 10.21037/apm-21-2950
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , pelvis , colorectal cancer , lymph , surgery , radiology , cancer , pathology
Preoperative whole pelvic radiation therapy (RT) is used commonly for rectal cancer and is the standard field postoperatively in gynecological cancer. However, the ideal field (local vs. whole pelvis) has not been determined for local recurrence of these cancers.
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