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Combined therapy
Aumock:
- 199 patients with local rectal cancer
- 77 cases staged by ERUS
- Contact therapy alone (n=21) or preceded by EBRT (45Gy/1,8Gy) (n=178)
- 71 % local control (141 patients)
- Significant factors for control:
Aumock et al. Int J Radiat Oncol;51(2):363–70.
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Mobility on palpation
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Use of EBRT
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Pretreatment debulking
- LC 100% if uT1, 85% freely mobile
uT2, 56% uT3 and immobile uT2
Excellent results for small tumors
Reasonable results for larger tumors