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

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

Review Data

Purpose and Significance of Study: The manuscript depicts the case of an 81-year old patient with T2 colorectal adenocarcinoma, who was first treated with neoadjuvant radiation and later, salvage endoscopic full thickness resection (eFTR) to remove the residual carcinoma, despite initially being ineligible for surgery because of comorbidities, ultimately achieving full remission. This case underlines the importance of considering salvage eFTR as a treatment option in selected cases of rectosigmoid carcinoma. 

 

Fit with Scope of Journal: The manuscript is of very high interest for the journal Surgical Case Reports 

 

o   Keywords are not provided in the manuscript. It’s required for metadata.

o   A few common errors (already incorporated in the galley proof) were noted – 

 

·       Omission of articles e.g. “a” and “the” in many places. 

·       Omission of “,” in many places. 

·       Mixing of tenses. 

 

The other changes suggested (already incorporated in the galley proof) are as follows – 

 

In the Title, “Full-Thickness” instead of “Full Thickness” is suggested. The same goes for the entire manuscript. 

 

In the Abstract section – 

·       In the 2nd sentence, “This” must be replaced by “Ours” as it is not clear what is referred to by it. 

·       In the 5th sentence, “endoscopical” must be replaced by “endoscopic” and “two years” must be replaced by “two-year”. 

 

In the Introduction section – 

 

  In the 2nd paragraph – 

·       In the 1st sentence, “in” must be inserted before “the last years”. 

·       In the 2nd sentence, “who was” must be inserted before “not eligible”. 

 

In the Case section – 

 

·    Altering the heading to “Case Presentation” is suggested. 

  In the 1st paragraph – 

·    In the 1st sentence, there must be “-” between “year” and “old”, “implantation” must be inserted after “pacemaker” and “Enterococcus faecalis” must be italicized (same in the 3nd sentence). 

·    In the 4th sentence, “for” before “T2-carcinoma” must be removed. 

·    In the 5th sentence, “taken” after “biopsies were” must be replaced by “performed”. 

·    In the 8th sentence, “carcinoma” is misspelled. 

·    In the 9th sentence, “started” must be replaced by “provided”. 

  In the 2nd paragraph – 

·       In the 2nd sentence, “already” must be removed. 

·       In the 4th sentence, “moderate” must be replaced by “moderately”. 

·       In the 5th sentence, “lymphangioinvasion” is misspelled. 

  In the 3rd paragraph – 

·       The last sentence must be reframed as “Till now, there has not been any sign of recurrent malignancy”. 

 

In the Discussion section – 

 

  In the 2nd paragraph – 

·       In the 2nd sentence, “preferential” must be replaced by “preferred”. 

·       In the 4th sentence, “watchful” is misspelled, “becomes” must be replaced by “is” and “received” must be replaced by “receive”. 

·       In the 6th sentence, “this” must be replaced by “these”. 

  In the 3rd paragraph – 

·       In the 1st and last sentences, “(C)RT” must be written as “CRT” to be consistent with the rest of the manuscript. 

 

In the Conclusion section – 

·       “This” at the beginning must be replaced by “Ours” and “patient” must be replaced by “patients”. 

 

Author Info

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

Article Info

Article Type
Case Report
Publication history
Received: Thu 09, Jan 2020
Accepted: Fri 24, Jan 2020
Published: Fri 31, Jan 2020
Copyright
© 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