title: Robotic surgery for rectal cancer: may it improve also survival?
authors.forename: Dimosthenis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ziogas
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Roukos
mesh_terms: D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000517:prevention & control; D011351:Proctoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D012007:Rectum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012371:Robotics; D015996:Survival Rate