RESUMO
INTRODUCTION: Stage IV rectal cancer with resectable disease presents challenging issues, as the radical treatment of the whole disease is difficult. Surgery and chemotherapy (CT) play an unquestionable role, but the contribution of pelvic radiotherapy (RT) is not very clear. METHODS: In 2009, we established a prospective treatment protocol that included CT, short-course preoperative radiotherapy (SCRT) with surgery of the primary tumour and all metastatic locations. RESULTS: Forty patients were included. Eight (20%) patients did not receive CT due to significant comorbidities. Radical surgery treatment was possible in 22 (55%) patients. The mean follow-up was 42.81 months (3.63-105.97). Overall survival at 24 and 36 months was 71.4% and 58.2%, respectively. There was good local control of the disease, as 97.2% of pelvic surgeries were R0 and there were no local recurrences. CONCLUSION: In stage IV with resectable metastatic disease, the proposed therapeutic regimen seems very appropriate in well selected patients able to tolerate the treatment. We bet on the role of pelvic RT, due to the good local control of the disease in our series.
Assuntos
Adenocarcinoma/radioterapia , Neoplasias Pélvicas/radioterapia , Cuidados Pré-Operatórios , Radioterapia/métodos , Neoplasias Retais/radioterapia , Adenocarcinoma/secundário , Adenocarcinoma/cirurgia , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Terapia Combinada , Feminino , Seguimentos , Humanos , Metástase Linfática , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Neoplasias Pélvicas/secundário , Neoplasias Pélvicas/cirurgia , Prognóstico , Estudos Prospectivos , Neoplasias Retais/patologia , Neoplasias Retais/cirurgia , Taxa de SobrevidaRESUMO
Sarcomas are an infrequent and heterogeneous group of neoplasia. Surgery with or without associated radiotherapy (RT) is the basic treatment for this type of tumour. To increase the therapeutic ratio (the index between cytotoxic effects in tumours and normal tissue complications with a certain dose of radiation), new advances are being investigated to increase local and distant control and to decrease the morbidity of the treatment. The aim of this review was to analyse the different strategies, based on technology and biology, which are being investigated to increase the therapeutic ratio of this disease.