Is it Possible to Successfully Treat Locally Advanced Colon Cancer Using Pre-Operative Chemoradiotherapy?
- Author:
Ji Hun CHOI
1
;
Jae Hyun KIM
;
Won MOON
;
Seung Hun LEE
;
Sung Uhn BAEK
;
Byung Kwon AHN
;
Jung Gu PARK
;
Seun Ja PARK
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Colon cancer duodenal invasion; Locally advanced colon cancer; Pre-operative chemoradiotherapy
- MeSH: Aged; Chemoradiotherapy; Colon; Colon, Ascending; Colon, Transverse; Colonic Neoplasms; Consensus; Female; Fistula; Humans; Middle Aged; Rectal Neoplasms
- From:Clinical Endoscopy 2019;52(2):191-195
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Pre-operative chemoradiotherapy (CRT) is a preferable treatment option for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer. However, few data are available regarding pre-operative CRT for locally advanced colon cancer. Here, we describe two cases of successful treatment with pre-operative CRT and establish evidence supporting this treatment option in patients with locally advanced colon cancer. In the first case, a 65-year-old woman was diagnosed with ascending colon cancer with duodenal invasion. In the second case, a 63-year-old man was diagnosed with a colonic-duodenal fistula due to transverse colon cancer invasion. These case reports will help to establish a treatment consensus for pre-operative CRT in patients with locally advanced colon cancer.
