title: Local excision for early rectal cancer in the era of neoadjuvant strategies.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, Greece. ktepetes@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tepetes
authors.forename: Michail-Evangelos
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Spyridakis
mesh_terms: 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