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Transanal excision or radical surgery—which is the best treatment for T1 rectal cancer?

Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology & Hepatology volume 3, pages 246–247 (2006)Cite this article

boxed-textBentrem DJ et al. (2005) T1 adenocarcinoma of the rectum. Transanal excision or radical surgery? Ann Surg 242: 472–479

Local excision of T1 rectal cancers has a significant risk of recurrence, and radical surgery should be advocated immediately after local excision in patients with adverse pathologic features

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Tiret, E. Transanal excision or radical surgery—which is the best treatment for T1 rectal cancer?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 3, 246–247 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep0492

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