This review examines the role of interventional radiotherapy (IRT otherwise known as
brachytherapy) in cancer treatment for elderly patients. Despite their advanced age and …

Elderly patients represent a growing subgroup of cancer patients for whom the role of
radiation therapy is poorly defined. Older patients are still clearly underrepresented in …

Purpose To review the outcomes of rectal cancer patients treated with a nonsurgical
approach using contact x-ray brachytherapy (CXB) when suspicious residual disease (≤ 3 …

Purpose To evaluate the toxicity and efficacy of the combination of external beam radiation
therapy (EBRT) followed by high-dose-rate endorectal brachytherapy (HDREBT) boost in …

Purpose To issue consensus recommendations for contact X-Ray brachytherapy (CXB) for
rectal cancer covering pre-treatment evaluation, treatment, dosimetric issues and follow-up …

Introduction This document is a summary of the French Intergroup guidelines regarding the
management of rectal adenocarcinoma published in February 2016. Method This …

Objective: A watch and wait policy for patients with a clinical complete response (cCR) after
external beam chemoradiotherapy (EBCRT) for rectal cancer is an attractive option …

We present the updated recommendations of the French society of oncological radiotherapy
for rectal cancer radiotherapy. The standard treatment for locally advanced rectal cancer …

Preoperative radiotherapy (RT) or chemoradiotherapy (CRT) is often required before rectal
cancer surgery to obtain low local recurrence rates or, in locally advanced tumours, to …

Rectal cancer predominantly affects patients older than 70 years, with peak incidence at age
80 to 85 years. However, the standard treatment paradigm for rectal cancer oftentimes …