title: Reply to letter: "Clinical significance of the mesorectal extension as the prognostic predictor in rectal cancer".
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine Kurume University Fukuoka, Japan drkshirouzu@ktarn.or.jp.
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shirouzu
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*