Comparison of Treatment Outcomes in Patients with Rectal Cancer

Abstract

Objective: The aim of the present study is to evaluate survival results and acute chemoradiotherapy toxicity in patients with rectalcancer who underwent preoperative chemoradiotherapy (CRT), postoperative CRT, and non-operative CRT.Methods: The records of 139 patients with rectal cancer were analyzed retrospectively. Out of these, the data 9 (6%) patients whodied during or immediately after treatment and 2 (1%) patients who gave up the treatment were not used in the survival analysis.Results: Postoperative CRT was applied to 57 (44%) patients, preoperative CRT to 47 (37%) patients, and non-operative CRT to 24(19%) patients. Non-operative CRT group was the oldest patient group (median age: 70). There was a difference between the treatment groups regarding tumor localization (p