Publications by authors named "Olivier Coatmeur"
Objective/background: Little is known about the epidemiology and the management of liver metastases from colorectal cancer at a population level. The aim of this population-based study was to report on the incidence, treatment, and prognosis of synchronous and metachronous liver metastases.
Methods: Data were obtained from the population-based cancer registry of Burgundy (France).
The aim of this study was to determine how the guidelines published after this conference have spread. Pretherapeutic evaluation and treatment were assessed for all colon cancers diagnosed in a well-defined French population in 2000. Patients were classified either as managed according to the recommendations, or as undermanaged or overmanaged.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Little epidemiological data is available concerning esophageal adenocarcinomas in France. The aim of this study was to study epidemiological characteristics and management of esophageal adenocarcinoma in a well-defined population.
Methods: Data were collected by the Burgundy Digestive Cancer Registry covering a population of 1 052 000, over a 28-year period (1976-2001).
We report the case of a 49-Year-old-man with primary sclerosis cholangitis (PSC) and ulcerative colitis who developed two acute episodes of pseudo-angiocholitis. Both episodes were triggered by septic hepatitis translocated from ulcerative colonic adenocarcinoma. The biliary MRI did not show any signs of lithiasis or cholangiocarcinoma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Purpose: We retrospectively analysed our experience of contact therapy alone and/or combined with interstitial brachytherapy as exclusive treatment of low lying rectal tumours.
Patients And Methods: From 1971 to 2001, 124 patients (103 adenocarcinomas, 21 villous tumours) were treated by contact therapy alone or combined with interstitial brachytherapy. All patients were staged according to the Dijon classification.