Epidemiology of travel-related malaria in a non-malarious areas in Saudi Arabia.
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I have read with much interest the article reported by Izadpanah et al1 entitled “Efficacy of endorectal ultrasonography in preoperative staging of rectal carcinoma” published in Saudi Medical Journal. I would like to congratulate the authors about the excellent overall accuracy in staging depth of infiltration, which was approximately 85% although the number was small. The importance and the significance of preoperative staging for rectal cancer is obvious, mainly in deciding the neoadjuvant therapy (radiotherapy + chemotherapy) and the surgical approach. In the study, there were 11 patients out of 17 who were staged as T3 according to the endorectal ultrasound but it was not mentioned if any adjuvant therapy was given or not. In addition to that, there were 2 patients who were staged as T1, but no mention of whether endoanal local excision was offered or not. Thank you again, and it would be interesting to know if that really was the situation in the surgical practice in managing rectal cancer in your institute.
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Epidemiology of travel-related malaria in a non-malarious area in Saudi Arabia.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Saudi medical journal
دوره 27 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006