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Robot-assisted Total Mesorectal Excision and Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection for Locally Advanced Middle-low Rectal Cancer
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[A case of locally advanced rectal cancer responding to FOLFOX]
Shuichi Kume1, Tatsuo Kubota, Masafumi Takahashi
1Department of Surgery, National Health Insurance Ueki Municipal Hospital.
Abstract:
The 57-year-old man was underwent sigmoid colostomy due to unresectable rectal carcinoma. Then he was treated with chemotherapy of levofolinate/5-fluorouracil/oxaliplatin(FOLFOX). After completion of 12 courses of chemotherapy, MR revealed responses. The patient underwent a low anterior resection. Preoperative chemotherapy with FOLFOX appears a promising regimen for patients with unresectable rectal cancer.
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