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. 2011:2011:678506.
doi: 10.1155/2011/678506. Epub 2011 Oct 13.

Selection criteria for the radical treatment of locally advanced rectal cancer

Mansel Leigh Davies  1 , Dean Harris, Mark Davies, Malcolm Lucas, Peter Drew, John Beynon
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Selection criteria for the radical treatment of locally advanced rectal cancer

Mansel Leigh Davies et al. Int J Surg Oncol. 2011.

Abstract

There are over 14,000 newly diagnosed rectal cancers per year in the United Kingdom of which between 50 and 64 percent are locally advanced (T(3)/T(4)) at presentation. Pelvic exenterative surgery was first described by Brunschwig in 1948 for advanced cervical cancer, but early series reported high morbidity and mortality. This approach was later applied to advanced primary rectal carcinomas with contemporary series reporting 5-year survival rates between 32 and 66 percent and to recurrent rectal carcinoma with survival rates of 22-42%. The Swansea Pelvic Oncology Group was established in 1999 and is involved in the assessment and management of advanced pelvic malignancies referred both regionally and UK wide. This paper will set out the selection, assessment, preparation, surgery, and outcomes from pelvic exenterative surgery for locally advanced primary rectal carcinomas.

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