title: Mesorectal excision (TME) in the operative treatment of rectal cancer.
authors.affiliation: Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Enker
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012007:Rectum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016019:Survival Analysis