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Local recurrence following rectal resection for cancer.
Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 1998 December
Recurrent rectal carcinoma following surgery carries an extremely poor prognosis and subsequent intervention is usually palliative. The incidence of local recurrence (LR) following curative surgery for rectal cancer has been reported to range from 3.7 to 50%. Current treatment strategy for rectal cancer aims at minimizing LR by either pre-operative radiotherapy or adjuvant chemoradiotherapy. Three hundred and fifty-four patients underwent surgical resection for rectal cancer in our department between April 1989 and March 1994, of which 47 (13%) were Dukes A, 88 (25%) Dukes B, 143 (40%) Dukes C and 76 (22%) Dukes D. Two hundred and seventy-eight (79%) patients were defined as having had curative resection (Dukes A, B and C). Overall, total LR occurred in 43 (12.2%) of 354 patients, while LR following curative resection occurred in 16 (9.4%) of the 278 patients. The incidence of LR became higher with increasing depth of invasion and lymph nodal involvement as shown by its direct relationship to stage of disease: Dukes A (0%), B (5.7%), C (14.6%) and D (22.3%). Local recurrence following resection for rectal cancer in our series is low. Pre-operative radiotherapy or adjuvant chemoradiotherapy may not further reduce this low incidence of LR significantly and its role needs to be re-evaluated for institutions with low local recurrence rates.
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