BACKGROUND: Transanal endoscopic microsurgery is the intraluminal excision of rectal
lesions with the use of instrumentation to maintain a stable pneumorectum, enabling a …

Dramatic improvements in the outcomes of patients with rectal cancer have occurred over
the past 30 years. Advances in surgical pathology, refinements in surgical techniques and …

Background Local excision is an organ-preserving treatment alternative to transabdominal
resection for patients with stage I rectal cancer. However, local excision alone is associated …

Background This prospective multicentre study was performed to quantify the number of
patients with minimal residual disease (ypT0–1) after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy and …

STEELE ET AL: SURVEILLANCE OF COLORECTAL CANCER 714 for the surveillance and
follow-up of patients with colon and rectal cancer published in 2004. 9 an organized search …

BACKGROUND: Local resection for early rectal cancer is thought to be less invasive but
oncologically inferior to radical resection. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare …

The goal of treatment for early stage rectal cancer is to optimize oncologic control while
minimizing the long-term impact of treatment on quality of life. The standard of care treatment …

Rectal adenocarcinoma is an important cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, and key
anatomic differences between the rectum and the colon have significant implications for …

BACKGROUND: Local excision for early rectal cancer has gained widespread interest.
Currently available imaging modalities have low sensitivity to detect locoregional disease …

Since the advent of laparoscopy, minimally invasive techniques such as single port
laparoscopy, robotics, endoscopically assisted laparoscopy, and transanal endoscopic …