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International Standardization and Documentation of the Treatment of Rectal Cancer

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Rectal Cancer Surgery

Abstract

Rectal cancer is a major killer. Commonly reported 5-year survival figures for unselected patients irrespective of stage of the disease treatment range around 50%. This is, however relative survival to normal population deaths. If we look at the death rate as a proportion of all patients who present with the disease, the crude 5-year survival drops to around 35% [62, 73].

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Søreide, O., Norstein, J., Fielding, L.P., Silen, W. (1997). International Standardization and Documentation of the Treatment of Rectal Cancer. In: Søreide, O., Norstein, J. (eds) Rectal Cancer Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60514-7_31

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