Session 3: Intra-operative radiotherapy – creating new surgical boundaries

TY - JOUR

T1 - Session 3

T2 - Intra-operative radiotherapy – creating new surgical boundaries

AU - Patel, A.

AU - Chang, G.

AU - Wale, A.

AU - Chong, I.

AU - Rutten, H.

AU - Nicholls, J.

AU - Hawkins, M.

AU - Steele, R. J.C.

AU - Marks, J.

AU - Brown, G.

PY - 2018/5/24

Y1 - 2018/5/24

N2 - In patients with advanced and recurrent colorectal cancer, surgical resection with clear margins is the greatest challenge and is limited by known anatomical constraints. Preoperative or intra-operative assessment of the limits of surgical dissection may help to explore the possibility of improving resectability through either targeted external beam radiotherapy or intra-operative radiotherapy. Professor Chang reviews the evidence base and potential advantages and disadvantages of this approach, whilst the expert panel agree a consensus on the evidence for assessment and therapy of such patients.

AB - In patients with advanced and recurrent colorectal cancer, surgical resection with clear margins is the greatest challenge and is limited by known anatomical constraints. Preoperative or intra-operative assessment of the limits of surgical dissection may help to explore the possibility of improving resectability through either targeted external beam radiotherapy or intra-operative radiotherapy. Professor Chang reviews the evidence base and potential advantages and disadvantages of this approach, whilst the expert panel agree a consensus on the evidence for assessment and therapy of such patients.

U2 - 10.1111/codi.14083

DO - 10.1111/codi.14083

M3 - Article

C2 - 29878668

AN - SCOPUS:85047932111

SN - 1462-8910

VL - 20

SP - 65

EP - 75

JO - Colorectal Disease

JF - Colorectal Disease

IS - Supp. 1

M1 - 15

ER -