title: Treatment of non-disseminated cancer of the lower rectum.
abstract: Apart from the occasional tumour which is suitable for local excision, most low rectal cancers are best treated by anterior resection with complete removal of the rectum; the construction of a coloanal reservoir should allow routine sphincter saving. This surgery may be carried out independently of adjuvant radiotherapy which, if given, should be administered before operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St Mark's Hospital, Harrow, UK.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Nicholls
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hall
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery