title: [Cryotherapy as an alternative intervention to surgical excision in the management of cancer of the rectum].
abstract: For the time being, traditional surgery is still the best technique for rectal cancer. Alternative procedures such as cryosurgery prove valid in the case of inoperable subjects in poor general conditions, in aged patients or in the presence of widespread metastases. In the near future, cryosurgery is sure to meet with interesting developments.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Oncologia, Università degli Studi di Messina.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Auteri
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Alessandro
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003125:Colostomy; D000075202:Contraindications; D003452:Cryosurgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Crioterapia come intervento alternativo all'exeresi chirurgica nel trattamento del cancro del retto.