According to the main international clinical guidelines, the recommended treatment for
locally-advanced rectal cancer is neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery …

The ideal surgical treatment for rectal cancer would have negligible morbidity, and would be
curative while maintaining intestinal continuity and excellent function. In most cases, this is …

BACKGROUND: Although multidisciplinary cancer conferences have been reported to lead
to improved patient outcomes, few studies have reported results of these for rectal cancer …

MRI has been used to image rectal cancer for over two decades and there is extensive
research on this imaging technique. The 1999 seminal paper by Brown et al.[1] …

This review summarizes the current applications and benefits of imaging modalities for
organ preservation in the treatment of rectal cancer. The concept of organ preservation in …

Background and Objectives Treatment decisions for rectal cancer rely on preoperative
staging with CT and MRI scans. We assessed the quality of such scans in a region of …

Background Transanal total mesorectal excision (taTME) is a safe and effective technique.
We have progressively developed a systematic approach in the single-surgeon setting. The …

Background While the management of nonmetastatic and oligometastatic rectal cancer has
rapidly evolved over the last few decades, many grey areas and highly debated topics …

Importance Surgeon-directed knowledge translation (KT) interventions for rectal cancer
surgery are designed to improve patient measures, such as rates of permanent colostomy …

Purpose Preoperative short-course radiation therapy (SCRT) for patients with nonmetastatic
rectal adenocarcinoma has been studied in European trials, but is not often used in the …