Rodrigues C I, Njo K H, Karim A B
Department of Radiation Oncology, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Support Care Cancer. 1993 Nov;1(6):334-5. doi: 10.1007/BF00364973.
A very old patient, who had been suffering from rectal carcinoma for many years without achieving a complete response to electrocoagulations, was given palliative radiotherapy by hypofractionation with a total dose of 30 Gy in 3 weeks, 1 fraction a week. A complete response was achieved. No special therapy-related morbidity was noted. After the radiotherapy, an acceptable quality of life was maintained for 12 months without a local recurrence. It is concluded that radiotherapy may be a simple and efficient method of palliation without distressing morbidity compared with electrocoagulation.
