cT2N0 Middle Rectal CA: Neoadjuvant Therapy or Resect?

Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast

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🗓️ 18 November 2021

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Join Behind the Knife's very own Dr. Scott Steele, Chairman of the Department of Colorectal Surgery at Cleveland Clinic, for a high-level talk on the treatment of T2N0 rectal cancer.

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0:00.0	behind the knife, the surgery podcast,
0:03.2	where we take a behind-the-scenes intimate look
0:05.4	at surgery from leaders in the field.
0:07.6	Hi, everybody, and so great to have another session of the ACE ECTS meeting.
0:26.2	I'm going to talk a little bit about how to deal with a clinically staged T2-N0 mid-rectal
0:31.0	cancer lesion.
0:32.0	And these lesions are sometimes tough.
0:33.3	I don't have any disclosures.
0:35.4	So in order to think about any rectal cancer, I like to think about
0:37.5	this kind of paradigm.
0:39.5	On one hand, we want to make sure that we have optimal cure rate, but we're also thinking
0:42.6	about morbidity, function, and overall mortality.
0:46.8	And so when you look at the results of rectal cancer, it's really important to kind of consider
0:50.6	all of these different metrics and endpoints on the left hand side of the screen.
0:55.4	It's a function like, you know, are they going to wind up with a permanent stoma?
0:59.6	Are we going to talk about local recurrence?
1:01.2	And then what is everything that is in our tool bag in order to address these lesions?
1:07.8	So the question is, do we have a neo-adjuvant radiation therapy or do we resect?
1:12.1	You have to first ask yourself, what type of resection are we talking about?
1:15.0	Is it local?
1:16.4	Excision?
1:17.4	Is it a tannis?
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