title: [Is preoperative radiotherapy necessary for rectal cancer treated by total resection of the mesorectum?].
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Digestive, Hôpital Saint-André, Bordeaux. eric.rullier@chu-bordeaux.fr
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rullier
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000517:prevention & control; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies