title: Accomplishments in 2008 in the adjuvant treatment of rectal cancer.
abstract: Overview of the Disease IncidencePrognostic FactorsCurrent General Therapy Standards Surgery(Neo) Adjuvant Radiotherapy and ChemotherapyAccomplishments During the Year Time Duration Between Radiotherapy and SurgeryHistopathology Post-Neoadjuvant TherapyMetabolic Imaging During Neoadjuvant TherapyNew Drugs in Combination with RadiotherapyNew StrategiesFuture Strategies ControversiesComments on ResearchObstacles to Progress.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Czito
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lordick