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Recurrent Rectal Carcinoma Post Radiotherapy

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Practical Approaches to Cancer Invasion and Metastases

Part of the book series: Medical Radiology ((Med Radiol Radiat Oncol))

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A 66-year-old black man had an abdominal-perineal resection for a poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of the rectum, stage C2. Hepatic metastases were proven by biopsy. Fourteen months postoperatively, a local pelvic recurrence was given 3000 cGy in ten fractions.

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Virginia, MCV Station, Box 58, Richmond, VA, 23298-0058, USA

    Rupert K. Schmidt-Ulrich MD & Nathan Kaufman MD

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, 4950 Sunset Boulevard 2C, Los Angeles, CA, 90027, USA

    A. Robert Kagan MD

  2. Center for Health Sciences, Johnsson Cancer Center, University of California, Los Angeles, 10833 LeConte, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, USA

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Schmidt-Ulrich, R.K., Kaufman, N. (1994). Recurrent Rectal Carcinoma Post Radiotherapy. In: Kagan, A.R., Steckel, R.J. (eds) Practical Approaches to Cancer Invasion and Metastases. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84885-8_21

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