Rectal Cancer New Frontiers in Diagnosis, Treatment and Rehabilitation /

• Main Author: Delaini, Gian Gaetano (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan, 2005.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Gastroenterology.; Pathology.; Rectum > Surgery.; Surgical oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Colorectal Surgery.; Imaging / Radiology.; Surgical Oncology.

Despite lifestyle improvements, the incidence of rectal cancer is increasing in industrialised countries. Rapid advances in technology, growing knowledge of the biological history of the disease and closer attention to patients' quality of life after surgery have led to a less invasive approach...