… Reports on large series of patients with rectal cancer treated … rectal cancer located in the
middle or distal third of the rectum… has been routinely performed for rectal cancer over the last …

… with advanced lower rectal cancer who … lower rectal cancer was characterized by
positive lymph nodes or circular lesions around the circumference (both diagnosed by endorectal …

… We reviewed records of 1,272 patients with lower rectal cancer enrolled in a database of
patients … Lower rectal cancer was defined as the distal margin of tumor being located below the …

… cancer located in the middle or lower third of the rectum. MRI is currently the only imaging
modality that is highly accurate in predicting whether or not it is likely that a tumor-free margin …

… 133 patients who underwent nerve-sparing surgery with lateral dissection for lower rectal
cancer … Key words: nerve-sparing surgery for rectal cancer, lateral node dissection, urinary and …

… Tumor height in the lower and middle rectum was lower in the APRs, median values 2.0
and 5.0 cm, respectively, compared to 4.0 and 7.0 cm in the ARs, (P < .001). If cases are …

… rectal cancers in 4 groups with the aim of demonstrating that most patients with low rectal
cancer … level of anastomosis were lower from the type I to type IV low rectal cancer (Table 2). …

… Guidelines for Cancer Registrars [15]. … rectal cancer plus early lower rectal cancer. In August
2002, the indications were amended to allow treatment of advanced lower rectal cancer. In …

… The clinical importance of the lateral spread of lower rectal cancer was first demonstrated
in … for middle or lower rectal cancer in Japan, and has been shown to have a lower local …

… of local recurrence of lower rectal cancer. However, EXT-L is … patients with lower rectal cancer.
(Surgery 2002;132:27-33.) … incidence of local recurrence of lower rectal cancer in Japan.1, …