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Metachronous squamous‐cell carcinoma of the colon and treatment of rectal squamous carcinoma with chemoradiotherapy
Author(s) -
Brammer R. D.,
Taniere P.,
Radley S.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
colorectal disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.029
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1463-1318
pISSN - 1462-8910
DOI - 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2008.01577.x
Subject(s) - medicine , chemoradiotherapy , basal cell , rectal carcinoma , oncology , colorectal cancer , radiation therapy , cancer
Rectal squamous‐cell carcinoma is a rare tumour with an incidence of less than 1 per 1000 cases. We report such a case treated with chemoradiotherapy. The patient developed a metastasis in the spleen and a further squamous tumour in the right colon, both of which were successfully resected. No histological evidence of recurrent rectal tumour has been found. Two years following presentation, the patient remains disease‐free although symptomatic from a radiotherapy‐induced stricture of the rectum.