Multimodality management of locally advanced rectal cancer

From: The American Surgeon | Date: July 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Despite the routine use of adjuvant chemoradiation for curatively resected stage II and III rectal cancer a significant percentage of patients ultimately fail locally and/or distally; this underscores the need for continued improvement in the efficacy of combined-modality therapy and quality of rectal cancer resection. The recognition of the significance of lateral or circumferential margins of resection has paralleled the widespread use of total mesorectal excision. In addition to facilitating negative margins of resection and local control, sharp mesorectal techniques also facilitate ...

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