title: Rectal cancer: can we throw away the scalpel?
authors.forename: Michael O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Meyers
authors.forename: Joel E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Tepper
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003082:Colectomy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011878:Radiotherapy; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents