Continued Improvement in Rectal Cancer Survival Outcomes Will Require True Multidisciplinary Treatment Approaches

Sonia Cohen; Liliana Bordeianou

doi:10.1007/s11605-019-04461-0

Continued Improvement in Rectal Cancer Survival Outcomes Will Require True Multidisciplinary Treatment Approaches

J Gastrointest Surg. 2020 Mar;24(3):742-747. doi: 10.1007/s11605-019-04461-0. Epub 2019 Dec 17.

Authors

Sonia Cohen¹, Liliana Bordeianou²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Colorectal Surgery Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, 15 Parkman Street, WAC, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
² Department of Surgery, Colorectal Surgery Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, 15 Parkman Street, WAC, Boston, MA, 02114, USA. lbordeianou@mgh.harvard.edu.

PMID: 31848869
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-019-04461-0

Abstract

The management of rectal cancer has undergone a significant paradigm shift, with an increased interest in the utilization of all tools in our current armamentarium of fighting it: chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery. Research is also underway in deciding on the best sequence for these treatments. In this review, we provide an update on some of this important work.

Keywords: Circumferential resection margin; Rectal cancer; Total mesorectal excision.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
Rectal Neoplasms* / therapy
Rectum*
Treatment Outcome