title: Watch and wait for rectal cancer: where are we really at?
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust, Newtown Road, Carlisle, UK.
authors.forename: Fraser McLean
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Desmond
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Winter
mesh_terms: D059186:Chemoradiotherapy, Adjuvant; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D010358:Patient Participation; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D057832:Watchful Waiting