OPTIONS FOR OPTIMIZING NEOADJUVANT THERAPY FOR RECTAL CANCER

Abstract

Preoperative radiotherapy has now become a standard component of combined treatment of locally advanced rectal cancer. However, the search for more effective options for neoadjuvant treatment of the tumor, in the hope of enhancing the severity of its regression and thereby increasing the likelihood of radical treatment, has not ceased. This article is devoted to the review of the techniques of neoadjuvant therapy rationalization of rectal cancer proposed in the modern literature.