Radiochemotherapy in Combination with Regional Hyperthermia in Preirradiated Patients with Recurrent Rectal Cancer

Abstract

RCT combined with RHT is an efficient salvage therapy showing high efficacy with acceptable toxicity and can be recommended as treatment option for this unfavorable group of preirradiated patients with local recurrence of rectal cancer.

Evaluation of CEM43°CT90 Thermal Dose in Superficial Hyperthermia

“…Combined RT and HT is a successful tool in the management of cancer [17,32]. For recurrent breast cancer in previously irradiated areas, CR rates double compared to RT alone (RT 24-38%; RT + HT 68-78%) [11,12].…”

Regionale Hyperthermie kombiniert mit Chemoradiotherapie bei Erstdiagnose oder Rezidiv eines primären oder rezidivierten lokal fortgeschrittenen Pankreaskarzinoms: eine offene Kohortenvergleichsstudie

“…The efficacy of triple modality therapy was also demonstrated in other tumor entities, e.g., recurrence of rectal cancer [24].…”

Neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy and surgery for advanced rectal cancer

“…Factors associated with pathologic tumor response following preoperative therapy and the prognostic impact of pathologic response on overall and disease-free survival (DFS) were evaluated. Furthermore, a possible correlation between the occurrence of acute-or longterm toxicities [20,21,22,29] and the treatment planning procedure (2D vs. 3D) was determined.…”