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International Journal of Colorectal Disease

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01-11-2003 | Invited Commentary

Prognostic relevant factors within pT3 rectal carcinomas: depth of invasion or circumferrential resection margins?

Author: Benno Mann

Published in: International Journal of Colorectal Disease | Issue 6/2003

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The hallmark of optimal rectal cancer surgery is a perfect mesorectal excision 5 cm beyond the caudal tumor edge. This technique has been a necessary part of standard rectal carcinoma surgery for more or less 10 years in most places. However, it is not clear in which patients undergoing mesorectal excision radiotherapy in addition to surgery is able to reduce the frequency of local recurrence and should be applied pre- or postoperatively. This is particularly true for pT3 rectal carcinomas which exhibit a pronounced prognostic inhomogeneity. …

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Title: Prognostic relevant factors within pT3 rectal carcinomas: depth of invasion or circumferrential resection margins?
Author: Benno Mann
Publication date: 01-11-2003
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: International Journal of Colorectal Disease / Issue 6/2003
Print ISSN: 0179-1958
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1262
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00384-003-0505-0

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