Trends in combined radio-chemotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer: a survey among radiation oncology centers of Sicily region on behalf of AIRO

La Radiologia medica
Corrado SpatolaStefano Pergolizzi

Abstract

To conduct a survey among Sicilian centers of radiation oncology belonging to Associazione Italiana di Radioterapia ed Oncologia Clinica (AIRO), to record the different methods of integration of radio-chemotherapy both in neoadjuvant and adjuvant settings, to evaluate surgical procedures in relation to the sphincter preservation and to report the different toxicity profiles of the treatment strategies. A questionnaire was sent at the end of 2017 to all the radiation oncology centers of Sicily region in order to collect the data from individual centers and the treatment characteristics retrospectively over the previous 5 years, from 2012 to 2016. The required data were collected from 13 centers out of 17 which, in relation to the single catchment areas, correspond to approximately 85% of the Sicilian population. The requested data concerned the type of integrated treatment (neoadjuvant vs adjuvant vs radical), combination with chemotherapy (induction, concomitant, adjuvant), type of surgical intervention (sphincter-saving vs abdomino-perineal resection), disease stage, schedule and radiotherapy technique adopted, as well as toxicity detected over the treatment period. A total of 784 pts (M/F: 509/275) were treated between 2012 a...Continue Reading

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