title: Diagnostic and treatment of rectal cancer.
abstract: The authors briefly describe different aspects of rectal cancer: epidemiology, etiological factors, screening procedures, pathology, tumor spread and clinical classification.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Desaive
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Servais
mesh_terms: D003113:Colonoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009780:Occult Blood; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology