title: Foreword: advances in rectal cancer treatment: setting the scene.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery at York Hospital, Pennsylvania 17405, USA. pfieldin@yorkhospital.edu
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Fielding
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000639:trends*; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative