Local excision for early rectal cancer in the era of neoadjuvant strategies.
Advanced staging methodology and the evolution of new neoadjuvant therapeutic strategies have changed the management of rectal cancer. In selected cases, such as elderly patients or those denying a stoma, local excision of early rectal cancer should be considered an option in the spectrum of a multimodality treatment.
Tepetes
Konstantinos
K
Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, Greece. ktepetes@yahoo.co.uk
Spyridakis
Michail-Evangelos
ME
D000368:Aged; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000379:methods*; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy*; D012008:Recurrence; D016896:Treatment Outcome