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The Role of Short Course of Palliative Radiation in Metastatic Cancer Rectum

Sponsor: Assiut University

Summary

Short-course radiotherapy (SCRT), which allows the delivery of 25 Gy in five daily fractions, has emerged as an attractive strategy for rectal cancer treatment. Surgery can safely be deferred after SCRT, allowing an opportunity to deliver chemotherapy (ChT) preoperatively rather than postoperatively. In cases of metastatic disease, this represents an effective treatment option to improve local control and avoid colostomy in a subset of patients.

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