Rectal cancer - French intergroup clinical practice guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up (TNCD, SNFGE, FFCD, GERCOR, UNICANCER, SFCD, SFED, SFRO, ACHBT, SFP, RENAPE, SNFCP, AFEF, SFR, and GRECCAR).

Background: This article summarizes the French intergroup guidelines regarding rectal adenocarcinoma (RA) management published in September 2023, available on the French Society of Gastroenterology website.

Methods: This work was supervised by French medical and surgical societies involved in RA management. Recommendations were rated from A to C according to the literature until September 2023.

Stereotactic body radiation therapy for liver metastases in oligometastatic disease.

Oligometastatic cancers designate cancers in which the number of metastases is less than five, corresponding to a particular biological entity whose prognosis is situated between a localized and metastatic disease. The liver is one of the main sites of metastases. When patients are not suitable for surgery, stereotactic body radiotherapy provides high local control rate, although these data come mainly from retrospective studies, with no phase III study results.

Radiation-induced lung injury after breast cancer treatment: incidence in the CANTO-RT cohort and associated clinical and dosimetric risk factors.

Purpose: Radiation-induced lung injury (RILI) is strongly associated with various clinical conditions and dosimetric parameters. Former studies have led to reducing radiotherapy (RT) doses to the lung and have favored the discontinuation of tamoxifen during RT. However, the monocentric design and variability of dosimetric parameters chosen have limited further improvement.

[Adjuvant treatments for endometrial cancer].

ADJUVANT TREATMENTS FOR ENDOMETRIAL CANCER Primary treatment for endometrial carcinoma is surgical. Adjuvant treatment is based on risk profile according to histological type, grade, lymphovascular involvement, FIGO stage and genomic profile. Low-risk patients do not need further treatment and intermediate-risk patients may benefit from brachytherapy.

Prevention of radiation enteritis by interposition of an intra-abdominal spacer before irradiation of an appendiceal tumour abscess drainage route.

The initial presentation of a mucinous adenocarcinoma of the appendix can be a peri-appendicular abscess. The abdominal wall muscles can be invaded during radiological or surgical drainage. The management of such a tumour is complex.