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. 2021 Jun 26;13(13):3199. doi: 10.3390/cancers13133199

Table 1.

Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria.

Inclusion Criteria Exclusion Criteria
Patients of both sex aged ≥18 years Age less than 18 years
Histological confirmation of rectal adenocarcinoma Patients with neoplasia more than 12 cm from the anal margin
Patients undergoing neoadjuvant treatment for locally advanced tumor of the rectum with confirmed major clinical response after neoadjuvant treatment Patients with stable disease or disease progression after neoadjuvant treatment
Rectal tumor up to 12 cm from the external anal margin Patients who, for medical reasons, cannot be given bleomycin
Patients must be willing to comply with the study protocol and give their informed written consent Lesions unsuitable for Electrochemotherapy (ECT) (bony invasion, large vessels infiltration, etc.)
Patients with an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) status performance <3 Acute lung infection
Poor lung function symptoms
Severe coagulation disorders
Previous allergic reactions to bleomycin
Previous cumulative bleomycin dose over than 250 mg/m2
Chronic renal dysfunction (creatinine> 150 µmol/L)
Pregnancy or lactation