Rectal Cancer Treatment

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Büchler, Markus W. (Editor), Weitz, Jürgen (Editor), Ulrich, Bernward (Editor), Heald, Richard John (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Recent Results in Cancer Research, 165
• Subjects: Medicine.; Internal medicine.; Oncology.; Rectum > Surgery.; Surgical oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Internal Medicine.; Surgical Oncology.; Colorectal Surgery.

Rectal cancer is one of the most prevalent cancers world-wide. It is also a paradigm for multimodal management, as the combination of surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy is often necessary to achieve the optimal outcome. Recently, international experts met in Heidelberg, Germany to discuss the la...