title: Progress in rectal cancer staging and treatment.
abstract: Colorectal cancer poses a worldwide major health issue. Rectal cancer has somewhat distanced itself from colonic cancer as a different oncologic entity, due to differences in diagnosis and treatment. Several developments over the last years have improved screening, diagnostics, pre-operative therapy, surgical techniques and postoperative patient care. The multidisciplinary approach to rectal cancer, mainly through the co-operation of surgeons, oncologists and radiologists, seems to be one of the most important steps in the management of that disease.
authors.affiliation: 4th Surgical Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Antheon 1, Panorama, 55236 Thessaloniki, Greece. mpramateftakis@hotmail.com
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Pramateftakis
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kanellos
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vrakas
authors.forename: Tau
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsachalis
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raptis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Makrantonakis
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Koukouritaki
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kanellos
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*