title: Complications of adjuvant radiotherapy for rectal cancer.
abstract: The incidence of rectal cancer in the US is 45,000 per ann um. The 5-year survival is between 40 and 70%. This has not improved over the last 50 years despite improvements in techniques, the aid of new technology (surgical stapling devices in particular) and safer anesthesia.
authors.affiliation: St. George's Hospital, London, England, UK.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Leicester