Surgical treatment of patients with rectal cancer following long-term neoadjuvant radio-chemotherapy

Aim: We are presenting the early observations of surgical interventions performed on locally advanced stage rectal cancer patients after long-term neoadjuvant radio-chemotherapy. Our objective was to achieve down-staging as a result of oncological treatment in case of these patients in order to make the rectal cancer locally operable or to perform sphincter preserving resections. Patients and methods: On the Department of Surgery in cooperation with the Department of Oncology 10 locally advanced stage rectal cancer patients were treated between 1st August 2005 and 31st January 2006. The average age of the patien…