TY - JOUR
AR - SCR-2020-1-112
TI - Salvage Endoscopic Full-Thickness Resection of Colorectal Carcinoma after Radiotherapy in a Patient Not Eligible for Surgery
AU - Clément, Huysentruyt
AU - Erik J., Schoon
AU - Israt J., Hossein
AU - Jeltsje S., Cnossen
AU - Ramon-Michel, Schreuder
JO - Surgical Case Reports
PY - 2020
DA - Fri 31, Jan 2020
SN - 2613-5965
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.SCR.2020.01.12
UR - https://www.sciencerepository.org/salvage-endoscopic-full-thickness-resection-of-colorectal-carcinoma_SCR-2020-1-112 
KW - Colorectal carcinoma, endoscopic full-thickness resection, neoadjuvant radiotherapy, chemo-radiotherapy
AB - 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.