Salvage Endoscopic Full-Thickness Resection of Colorectal Carcinoma after Radiotherapy in a Patient Not Eligible for Surgery

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Clément Huysentruyt Erik J. Schoon Israt J. Hossein Jeltsje S. Cnossen Ramon-Michel Schreuder

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Ramon-Michel Schreuder
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Catharina Cancer Institute, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, the Netherlands

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For early, superficial colorectal carcinoma, endoscopic resection is an accepted curative treatment with an excellent long-term prognosis. Our report is the first report describing endoscopic full-thickness resection (eFTR) of residual recto-sigmoid carcinoma after radiotherapy. Our patient with cT2N0M0 recto-sigmoid carcinoma had been treated with radiotherapy because severe comorbidity precluded surgical resection. When the residual tumor was observed endoscopically, complete remission was achieved by endoscopic full thickness resection. There were no endoscopic or radiological signs of recurrent malignancy after the two-years follow-up period. In selected cases, eFTR after radiotherapy could be a curative treatment option.

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Case Report

Publication history

Received: Thu 09, Jan 2020
Accepted: Fri 24, Jan 2020
Published: Fri 31, Jan 2020

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© 2023 Ramon-Michel Schreuder. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.SCR.2020.01.12