title: Rectal cancer: progress over the past two decades.
authors.forename: Hagit
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tulchinsky
authors.forename: Micha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rabau
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D012007:Rectum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*