[New therapeutic strategies on rectal cancer].
The rectal cancer is a very frequent condition and the second cause of death for malignancy, so in male as in female. Different types of rectal cancer and the surgical techniques employed for treating this condition are exposed bellow. In this paper, the reasons for planning new therapeutic strategies are analyzed, and we conclude with the exposition of the protocol and clinic pathway that we aplicate for treating the patients with rectal cancer in our own General Surgery Service. Finally we expose the standards of quality in this type of surgery.
Luis
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García-Sancho Martín
D000465:Algorithms; D006801:Humans; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*