Approximately one third of all colorectal malignancies are located in the rectum. It has long
been recognized that rectal cancers behave differently from colonic tumors, namely in terms …

Robotic resection is widely used to treat colorectal cancer. Although the novel natural orifice
specimen extraction surgery (NOSES) results in less trauma, its safety and effectiveness are …

Recently, preliminary results of the OCUM study (optimized surgery and MRI-based
multimodal therapy of Rectal cancer) were published and raised concern in the scientific …

Aim: Our aim was to perform a Bayesian network meta-analysis of short-term and long-term
outcomes of open surgery (OS), laparoscopic surgery (LS), and robotic surgery (RS) after …

The global burden of cancer continues to grow and is a major economic expenditure for all
the developed countries, where cancer treatment represents 4.1%–9.3% of total health care …

Radiotherapy plays an important role in the treatment of rectal cancer. Three-dimensional
conformal radiotherapy and intensity-modulated radiotherapy are mainstay techniques of …

Pre‑operative chemoradiotherapy (CRT) for rectal cancer yields a complete tumor response
in 10‑30% of patients. There is an argument for omitting surgery in these patients, but this …

Purpose To retrospectively assess the accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in
predicting dentate line invasion in low rectal cancer. Materials and methods Eighty-one …