title: Early rectal cancer: transanal excision or radical surgery?
authors.affiliation: Colorectal Surgery Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA.
authors.forename: Kamran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Idrees
authors.forename: Philip B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Paty
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000453:epidemiology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery*; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome