{"title":"Rectal cancer","authors":"R. Glynne-Jones, M. Harrison","doi":"10.1093/med/9780198786757.003.0008","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Chapter 8 assesses the role of radiation therapy in rectal cancer, with emphasis on preoperative imaging, patient selection for preoperative chemoradiotherapy and short-course preoperative radiotherapy, and postoperative chemoradiation. The various available planning techniques are described. More conformal techniques such as intensity-modulated radiotherapy, volume-modulated arc therapy, and brachytherapy are also covered. In addition, the chapter reviews chemoradiation and radiotherapy as an adjunct to local excision and endoluminal irradiation.","PeriodicalId":380029,"journal":{"name":"External Beam Therapy","volume":"650 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"External Beam Therapy","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198786757.003.0008","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Chapter 8 assesses the role of radiation therapy in rectal cancer, with emphasis on preoperative imaging, patient selection for preoperative chemoradiotherapy and short-course preoperative radiotherapy, and postoperative chemoradiation. The various available planning techniques are described. More conformal techniques such as intensity-modulated radiotherapy, volume-modulated arc therapy, and brachytherapy are also covered. In addition, the chapter reviews chemoradiation and radiotherapy as an adjunct to local excision and endoluminal irradiation.