Book chapter
Quality of Life After Multidisciplinary Management of Rectal Cancer
Rectal Cancer, pp.313-334
Springer International Publishing
12/03/2017
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-16384-0_20
Abstract
The goals of rectal cancer treatment include optimal local control, maximal overall survival, as well as the best preservation of pre-therapy function and well-being of the patient. As illustrated in the remainder of this textbook, significant efforts have been devoted to developing surgical and multimodality regimens to achieve these goals. Stage-specific treatmentsStage-specific treatments include surgery alone (local excision or radical resection) for early-stage rectal cancer (American Joint Commission on Cancer [AJCC] stage I) and multimodality therapy with radical surgery, chemotherapy, and/or pelvic radiation for locally advanced (AJCC stages II and III) and metastatic (AJCC stage IV) rectal cancer. With this current multimodality strategy, the overall 5-year survival for locally advanced rectal cancer is 65–75%, with local recurrence rates in the range of 5–10% [1–6].
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Quality of Life After Multidisciplinary Management of Rectal Cancer
- Creators
- Imran Hassan - University of IowaY Nancy You
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Rectal Cancer, pp.313-334
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing; Cham
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-16384-0_20
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/03/2017
- Academic Unit
- Surgery
- Record Identifier
- 9984321860802771
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