title: Shared decision-making and informed consent process in rectal cancer treatment: weighing up oncological and functional outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain. yribas@cst.cat.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ribas
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Bowel Research and Surgical Innovation, London, UK.|Department of Colorectal Surgery, University College London Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hotouras
authors.affiliation: Digestive Disease Center, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Florida, USA.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Wexner
authors.affiliation: Department of Abdominal Surgery, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: D'Hoore
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D010358:Patient Participation; D018579:Patient Selection; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000601:surgery*; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery*; D000067369:Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery; D000067368:Transanal Endoscopic Surgery