Rectal cancer treatment has evolved during the past 40 years with the use of a standardized
surgical technique for tumour resection: total mesorectal excision. A dramatic reduction in …

Surgery is essential for global cancer care in all resource settings. Of the 15· 2 million new
cases of cancer in 2015, over 80% of cases will need surgery, some several times. By 2030 …

Background Following neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) and interval proctectomy, 15–
20 per cent of patients are found to have a pathological complete response (pCR) to …

Objective Total mesorectal excision (TME) as proposed by RJ Heald more than 20 years
ago, is nowadays accepted worldwide for optimal rectal cancer surgery. This technique is …

Purpose The plane of surgery in colonic cancer has been linked to patient outcome although
the optimal extent of mesenteric resection is still unclear. Surgeons in Erlangen, Germany …

Purpose Over recent years, patient outcomes after colon cancer resection have not
improved to the same degree as for rectal cancer. Japanese D3 resection and European …

Background Local recurrence rates in operable rectal cancer are improved by radiotherapy
(with or without chemotherapy) and surgical techniques such as total mesorectal excision …

Objective: To investigate the efficacy of preoperative short-term radiotherapy in patients with
mobile rectal cancer undergoing total mesorectal excision (TME) surgery. Summary …

AIM: To provide a comprehensive evaluation of the quality of the data collected on both solid
and non-solid tumours at the Cancer Registry of Norway (CRN). METHODS: Established …

Objective To assess the accuracy of preoperative staging of rectal cancer with magnetic
resonance imaging to predict surgical circumferential resection margins. Design Prospective …