Areas of failure found at reoperation (second or symptomatic look) following “curative surgery” for adenocarcinoma of the rectum: Clinicopathologic correlation and implications for adjuvant therapy
Areas of failure found at reoperation (second or symptomatic look) following “curative surgery” for adenocarcinoma of the rectum: Clinicopathologic correlation and implications for adjuvant therapy
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直肠腺癌“治愈性手术”后再次手术(第二次或症状性检查)时发现的失败区域:临床病理学相关性和对辅助治疗的影响
作者:
L. Gunderson;H. Sosin
Seventy‐five patients with complete bowel wall penetration and/or positive lymph nodes at the time of initial “curative surgery” had planned single or multiple reoperations at the University of Minnesota. Tumor due to rectal carcinoma was found in 52. Four were converted to disease‐free status. Areas of failure were analyzed in detail. Distant metastasis (DM) alone was uncommon. Peritoneal seeding (PS) was rare. Local failure and/or regional lymph node metastases (LF‐RF) occurred as the only failure in nearly 50% of the failure group and as some component in 92%. Patterns of failure are fairly predictable if anatomical factors and initial pathologic extent of tumor are considered. Postoperative irradiation may be a logical adjuvant in view of the high percentage of local‐regional failures and the ability to identify subgroups of patients at highest risk for such failure.