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Rectal Cancer: Locally Advanced and Recurrent

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Of patients with newly diagnosed colorectal cancer who will undergo surgery with curative intent as part of their treatment, approximately 5–12% will have tumors that have spread beyond the anatomic landmarks of a standard resection and have invaded adjacent organs or structures.1–3 The goal of surgery in such cases is a wide, en bloc resection of the tumor and any involved adjacent organ or structure. Of patients who undergo resection with curative intent and receive adjuvant therapy, between 7 and 33% develop isolated local or regional recurrences.4,5 In up to 20% of these recurrences, resection can be curative.4,6,7

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  1. Associate Professor of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

    Robert R. Cima MD

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  1. Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

    David E. Beck MD, FACS, FASCRS

  2. Department of Colorectal Surgery, Lahey Clinic, Tufts University School of Medicine, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA

    Patricia L. Roberts MD, FACS, FASCRS

  3. Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Rush Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Theodore J. Saclarides MD, FACS, FASCRS

  4. Department of Surgery, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

    Anthony J. Senagore MD, FACS, FASCRS

  5. Department of Surgery, UCI Medical Center, Orange, California, USA

    Michael J. Stamos MD, FACS, FASCRS

  6. Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Florida, USA

    Steven D. Wexner MD, FACS, FASCRS, FRCS, FRCS(Ed)

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Cima, R.R. (2011). Rectal Cancer: Locally Advanced and Recurrent. In: Beck, D.E., Roberts, P.L., Saclarides, T.J., Senagore, A.J., Stamos, M.J., Wexner, S.D. (eds) The ASCRS Textbook of Colon and Rectal Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1584-9_45

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