DOI: 10.1055/s-00000049

Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery

Issue 05 · Volume 30 · November 2017 DOI: 10.1055/s-007-35191 New Horizons in Rectal Cancer Management Guest Editor: Rodrigo Oliva Perez, MD, PhD

Introduction to Guest Editor

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Steele, Scott R.: Rodrigo Oliva Perez, MD, PhD

Preface

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Perez, Rodrigo Oliva: New Horizons in Rectal Cancer Management

Foreword

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Madoff, Robert D.: New Horizons in Rectal Cancer Management in Colon and Rectal Surgery

Review Article

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Bhoday, Jemma; Balyasnikova, Svetlana; Wale, Anita; Brown, Gina: How Should Imaging Direct/Orient Management of Rectal Cancer?
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São Julião, Guilherme Pagin; Celentano, Juan Pablo; Alexandre, Flavia Andrea; Vailati, Bruna Borba: Local Excision and Endoscopic Resections for Early Rectal Cancer
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Heald, Richard John; Santiago, Ines; Pares, Oriol; Carvalho, Carlos; Figueiredo, Nuno: The Perfect Total Mesorectal Excision Obviates the Need for Anything Else in the Management of Most Rectal Cancers
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Lakkis, Zaher; Panis, Yves: Is There Any Reason Not to Perform Standard Laparoscopic Total Mesorectal Excision?
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Penna, Marta; Cunningham, Christopher; Hompes, Roel: Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision: Why, When, and How
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Kusters, Miranda; Uehara, Keisuke; Velde, Cornelis J. H. van de; Moriya, Yoshihiro: Is There Any Reason to Still Consider Lateral Lymph Node Dissection in Rectal Cancer? Rationale and Technique
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Holm, Torbjörn: Abdominoperineal Excision: Technical Challenges in Optimal Surgical and Oncological Outcomes after Abdominoperineal Excision for Rectal Cancer
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Denost, Quentin; Rullier, Eric: Intersphincteric Resection Pushing the Envelope for Sphincter Preservation
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Minsky, Bruce D.: Neoadjuvant Treatment Strategies: Advanced Radiation Alternatives
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Ahmed, Shahab; Eng, Cathy: Neoadjuvant Strategies: Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer
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Habr-Gama, Angelita; São Julião, Guilherme Pagin; Vailati, Bruna Borba; Castro, Ivana; Raffaele, Debora: Management of the Complete Clinical Response
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Lynn, Patricio B.; Strombom, Paul; Garcia-Aguilar, Julio: Organ-Preserving Strategies for the Management of Near-Complete Responses in Rectal Cancer after Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation
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Kontovounisios, Christos; Tekkis, Paris: Locally Advanced Disease and Pelvic Exenterations
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Karagkounis, Georgios; Kalady, Matthew F.: Molecular Biology: Are We Getting Any Closer to Providing Clinically Useful Information?