title: Optimizing preoperative management of rectal cancer.
authors.forename: Christof
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hottenrott
mesh_terms: D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods / Q000401:mortality; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D019160:Endosonography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods / Q000401:mortality; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D012371:Robotics / Q000379:methods; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome