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The anatomical peculiarities of the rectum justify the care that pathologists must take in handling the surgical specimen, because of the rectum’s extraperitoneal topography, along with scientific evidence that indicates fascial resection margin (or circumferential margin) [1] and nodal status as major factors impacting on the risk of relapse.
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*It is strongly recommended that, in the diagnostic phase, the endoscope operator should mark the external perimeter of the lesion with biomarker, to make it easy to detect the neoplastic area in the event of a complete post-therapy tumor regression and facilitate sampling.
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Zanconati, F., De Pellegrin, A., Romano, A. (2013). Pathology. In: de Manzini, N. (eds) Rectal Cancer. Updates in Surgery. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2670-4_3
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