Patterns of local recurrence in rectal cancer; a study of the Dutch TME trial

Miranda Kusters (1, 2) , Corrie A.M. Marijnen (3) , Cornelis J.H. van de Velde (1) , Harm J.T. Rutten (2) , Max J. Lahaye (4) , Joo H. Kim (5) , Regina G.H. Beets-Tan (4) , Geerard L. Beets (6)

1 Department of Surgery
2 Department of Surgery
3 Department of Clinical Oncology
4 Department of Radiology
5 Department of Radiology
6 Department of Surgery

In patients from the Dutch TME trial patterns of local recurrence (LR) in rectal cancer were studied. The purpose was to reconstruct the most likely mechanisms of LR and the effect of preoperative radiotherapy.

Mots clés: Local recurrence; rectal carcinoma; abdominoperineal resection; low anterior resection; distal margin; preoperative radiotherapy

Miranda Kusters, Corrie A.M. Marijnen, Cornelis J.H. van de Velde, Harm J.T. Rutten, Max J. Lahaye, et al.. Patterns of local recurrence in rectal cancer; a study of the Dutch TME trial. EJSO - European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2010, 36 (5), pp.470. ⟨10.1016/j.ejso.2009.11.011⟩. ⟨hal-00594806⟩