title: Clinical significance of the mesorectal extension as the prognostic predictor in rectal cancer.
authors.affiliation: Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital Tokyo, Japan takakobayashi-tky@umin.ac.jp Department of Surgery Showa General Hospital Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Teruya
mesh_terms: D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods*; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*