Publication details
Komplexní léčba karcinomu rekta
| Title in English | Complex treatment of rectal carcinoma |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2014 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Postgraduální medicína |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Oncology and hematology |
| Keywords | staging; surgical therapy; chemotherapy; radiotherapy; metastases |
| Description | Modem treatment of rectal cancer utilises a complex therapy. The trend of the day is individualised treatment respecting the particular conditions of every patient and every case of the disease . Surgery remains the primary therapeutic modality. Radical surgical removal of the tumour is however accompanied by other therapeutic modalities, including chemotherapy, radiotherapy and, in cases of metastases, targeted biological therapy as well. The surgical therapy itself has undergone major progress in recent decades. The number of oncologically radical procedures has grown, the number of patients affected by a permanent colostomy has decreased and by introducing the concept mesorectal excision (see further), the number of local relapses significantly decreased. |