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New surgical treatments for recurrent colorectal cancer
Author(s) -
Steele Glenn,
Ravikumar T. S.,
Benotti Peter N.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19900201)65:3+<723::aid-cncr2820651317>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal cancer , cancer , surgery , palliative treatment , general surgery
Currently, only two areas of recurrence in patients with colorectal cancer are potentially surgically curable: isolated liver and isolated lung metastases. Regional recurrence from rectal cancer, although probably not resectable for cure, offers an appropriate palliative goal because symptoms in such patients are intolerable. We review several new diagnostic and therapeutic techniques that have allowed wider application of surgical approaches for cure or palliation in patients with recurrent colorectal cancer.