title: Management of resectable rectal cancer: an update.
abstract: Successful management of rectal cancer entails adequate assessment of patient related risk factors (co-morbid conditions, body habitus, anal sphincter function) and tumor characteristics (level, stage, and histo-morphologic features), and adequate knowledge of available diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. This report provides an update on sonographic assessment, operative management, neo-adjuvant therapy, and follow up of resectable potentially curable rectal cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA.
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Kulaylat
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Doerr
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*