Erratum to: Ann Surg Oncol 16(2): 2008 DOI 10.1245/s10434-008-0223-5

The author byline of the published article entitled, “Patterns of local recurrence in rectal cancer: A single-center experience” included an error in the spelling of the following author’s name: Fujita S., MD.

The correct author byline for this article is:

M. Kusters, C. J. H. van de Velde, R. G. H. Beets-Tan, T. Akasu, S. Fujita, S. Yamamoto, Y. Moriya.