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Intraoperative electron beam radiation therapy boost in the treatment of recurrent rectal cancer

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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A report of an innovative approach to the treatment of locally recurrent rectal cancer following abdominoperineal resection is presented. Curative doses of external beam radiation therapy could not be delivered to an area of locally recurrent cancer because of contiguous small-bowel loops. The patient received 5040 rads external beam radiation therapy, and then underwent intraoperative electron beam boost to the main tumor-bearing area. An additional 1500 rads was delivered with 23 MeV electrons. This approach can be safely applied to selected patients with residual, primarily unresectable, or locally recurrent adenocarcinoma of the rectum or rectosigmoid.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

    Alfred M. Cohen M.D., Leonard L. Gunderson M.D., M.S. & William C. Wood M.D.

  2. Department of Radiation Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

    Alfred M. Cohen M.D., Leonard L. Gunderson M.D., M.S. & William C. Wood M.D.

  3. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

    Alfred M. Cohen M.D., Leonard L. Gunderson M.D., M.S. & William C. Wood M.D.

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Cohen, A.M., Gunderson, L.L. & Wood, W.C. Intraoperative electron beam radiation therapy boost in the treatment of recurrent rectal cancer. Dis Colon Rectum 23, 453–455 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02987073

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