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From: Multidisciplinary management of locally recurrent rectal cancer with carbon ion radiotherapy followed by prophylactic removal of the irradiated bowel: a case report

Fig. 2

Imaging and colonoscopy findings after systemic chemotherapy. A small nodule was disappeared on the ventral right side of the anastomosis (A). The recurring neoplasm remained close to the sacrum (B). The positron emission tomography scan revealed less abnormal 2-[18F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose accumulation in the vicinity of the anastomosis than the previous one (C). Colonoscopy confirmed the shrinking and flattening of the recurrent lesion (D)

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