PMID: 11920483Mar 29, 2002Paper

Importance of tumor regression assessment in predicting the outcome in patients with locally advanced rectal carcinoma who are treated with preoperative radiotherapy

Cancer
Hanifa BouzourenePhilippe Coucke

Abstract

Locally advanced rectal carcinoma has a poor prognosis. However, since the introduction of preoperative radiotherapy, the outcome of patients with rectal carcinoma has been reported to have improved. Nevertheless, to the authors' knowledge few data are available regarding the histopathologic response to radiotherapy as assessed on surgical specimens as a potential predictive factor for outcome. To estimate the effect of radiotherapy on rectal carcinoma, the authors retrospectively reviewed the surgical specimens of 102 patients with T3-4, N0 or > or = N1 rectal carcinoma and 1 patient with T2 but N1 rectal carcinoma. All patients were treated preoperatively with a hyperfractionated accelerated radiotherapy schedule in a prospective protocol (Trial 93-01). Using a standardized approach, tumor regression was graded using a system that varies from Grade 1 (tumor regression Grade [TRG] 1) when complete tumor regression is observed to Grade 5 (TRG5) when no tumor regression is observed. Radiotherapy resulted in tumor downstaging in 43% of the patients. There were 2 pT1 tumors (2%), 21 pT2 tumors (20%), 66 pT3 tumors (64%), and 14 pT4 tumors (14%) after treatment. Regional lymph nodes were involved in 55 patients (53%). None of the p...Continue Reading

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