Treatment of non-disseminated cancer of the lower rectum.
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Abstract
Apart from the occasional tumour which is suitable for local excision, most low rectal cancers are best treated by anterior resection with complete removal of the rectum; the construction of a coloanal reservoir should allow routine sphincter saving. This surgery may be carried out independently of adjuvant radiotherapy which, if given, should be administered before operation.
Medical subject headings
- Rectal Neoplasms