The short- and long-term toxic effects of neoadjuvant treatment are costs to consider in the National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines compared with the European Society for Medical Oncology guidelines, which favour surgery alone if good mesorectal resection is assured with increasing surgical ...
Department of Colorectal Surgery, Beaujon Hospital, Clichy, France;Department of Digestive Surgery, Lariboisiere Hospital, Paris, France;John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.British Journal of SurgeryBretagnol, F, Alves, A, Ricci, A, Valleur, P, Panis, Y (2007) Rectal cancer surgery without mechanical ...
For their study, the German team enrolled 428 patients with stage cT2 to 4 rectal cancer, dividing the group into high- and low-risk based on a mix of factors, which in turn dictated treatment. Patients who were considered to be the low-risk group (n = 254) had surgery alone (total ...
However, in view of the low local recurrence rate that can be achieved by adequate surgery, it is the opinion of the author that radiotherapy and cytotoxics have little extra to offer in the management of cancer of the rectum treated by total mesorectal excision. Finally, the functional ...
Surgery is a common treatment for rectal cancer. The type of operation used to remove the rectal cancer depends on the extent and location of the cancer. If the rectal cancer is located well above the anus, a low anterior resection (LAR) can be performed. This operation allows the patient...
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Rectal cancer surgeryTotal mesorectal Excision (TME) is now considered the gold standard surgical treatment for rectal cancer with fewer local recurrences and better overall survival (Heald et al., Arch Surg 133:894–899, 1998; Kapiteijn et al., N Engl J Med 345:638–646, 2001). Major ...
Over the last two decades outcomes of rectal cancer surgery has improved. The principle of sharp dissection in the total mesorectal excision (TME) plane as advocated by Bill Heald and implementation of national training programmes have improved outcomes of rectal cancer surgery[1,2]. The German ...
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However, very few patients having rectal surgery were included in these studies. The aim of this study was to assess whether rectal cancer surgery can be performed safely without MBP. Methods The postoperative course was assessed in 52 consecutive unselected patients who underwent rectal cancer ...