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ReviewDiscover oncology2025

Strategies to reduce intestinal toxicity in neoadjuvant management of locally advanced rectal cancer.

Hoda Mahdavi, Sahar Dashti, Shima Jafari

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Review in Discover oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Hoda MahdaviRadiation Oncology Department, School of medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Mahdavi.h@iums.ac.ir.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8433-6331
Sahar DashtiRadiation Oncology Department, School of medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-8403-5570
Shima JafariRadiation Oncology Department, School of medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-6612-846X

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The management of locally advanced rectal cancer has progressively evolved to improve both survival outcomes and quality of life. Intestinal toxicity is a prevalent side-effect of pelvic radiotherapy affecting most patients. The pursuit of neoadjuvant intensified treatment strategies to enhance response rates or facilitate organ preservation may lead to an increased likelihood of late toxicity, depending on radiation technique and chemotherapy intensity. This narrative review synthesizes current knowledge on radiation-induced intestinal toxicity, refines effective strategies, with an emphasis on studies evaluating techniques to reduce both unintended and intended radiation exposure to the small intestine in locally advanced rectal cancer patients, and highlights their clinical significance.

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Locally- advanced rectal cancerNeoadjuvantRadiation-induced intestinal damageRadiotherapy

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PMID41091270
PMCPMC12528533

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