Topics:
Radiation Oncology • Gastrointestinal Cancers • Genitourinary Cancers • Prostate Cancer • Colorectal Cancer
What is the appropriate treatment for a low lying rectal cancer in the setting of prior definitive prostate IMRT?
Fore example for a T3N0 rectal cancer on EUS?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
As is true for most complicated clinical situations, there is not any absolute answer to this question.First, it does allow me to remind everyone that prostate radiation therapy increases the incidence of subsequent rectal cancer- probably about 2 fold. This shouldn't surprise anyone, but it is som...
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