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Hypofractionated Palliative Radiotherapy in Patients With Advanced Non-operable Rectal Cancer
Sponsor: Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa
Summary
Many patients with rectal cancer were not candidates for surgical resection because advanced age, comorbidities, or multiple synchronous metastases. In this scenario only comfort measures or different palliative radiotherapy regimens are applied, from single doses to treatments lasting several weeks. The aim of this prospective study is to describe the preliminary results of our protocol of hypofractionated palliative radiotherapy in patients with non-operable rectal cancer.
Official title: Palliative Hypofractionated Radiotherapy in Non-operable Rectal Cancer: A Retrospective Study
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
50
Start Date
2016-10-01
Completion Date
2027-03-01
Last Updated
2026-03-19
Healthy Volunteers
Not specified
Conditions
Interventions
rectal cancer radiotherapy
Conformal three-dimensional radiotherapy to deliver to the primary tumor and the enlarged pelvic nodes a total dose of 39Gy in 13 sessions of 3Gy in 17 days.
Locations (1)
Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa
Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain