Designing the optimal surgery for rectal carcinoma

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CancerVolume 78, Issue 9 p. 1847-1850 EditorialFree Access Designing the optimal surgery for rectal carcinoma Warren E. Enker M.D., Corresponding Author Warren E. Enker M.D. Department of Surgery, and Division of Colorectal Surgery, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York.350 East 17th Street, Baird Hall 1622, New York, NY 10003===Search for more papers by this author Warren E. Enker M.D., Corresponding Author Warren E. Enker M.D. Department of Surgery, and Division of Colorectal Surgery, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York.350 East 17th Street, Baird Hall 1622, New York, NY 10003===Search for more papers by this author First published: 1 November 1996 https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19961101)78:9<1847::AID-CNCR1>3.0.CO;2-CCitations: 23AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat References 1 Enker WE, Laffer UT, Block GE. Enhanced survival of patients with colon and rectal cancer is based upon wide anatomic resection. Ann Surg 1979; 190: 350– 60. 2 Heald RJ. A new approach to rectal cancer. Br J Hosp Med 1979; 277. 3 Sugihara K, Moriya Y, Akasu T, Fujita S. Pelvic autonomic nerve preservation for patients with rectal carcinoma: oncologic and functional outcome. Cancer 1996; 78: 1871– 80. 4 Church JM, Raudkivi PJ, Hill GL. The surgical anatomy of the rectum: a review with particular relevance to the hazards of rectal mobilization. Int J Colorectal Dis 1987; 2: 158– 66. 5 Beart RW, Steele GD, Menck HR, Chmiel JS, Ocwieja KE, Winchester DP. Management and survival of patients with adenocarcinoma of the colon and rectum: a national survey of the Commission on Cancer. J Am Coll Surg 1995; 181: 225– 36. 6 Enker WE, Thaler HT, Cranor ML, Polyak T. Total mesorectal excision in the operative treatment of rectal cancer. J Am Coll Surg 1995; 181: 335– 46. 7 Heald RJ, Husband EM, Ryall RDH. The mesorectum in rectal cancer surgery: the clue to pelvic recurrence. Br J Surg 1982; 69: 613– 6. 8 Quirke P, Durdey P, Dixon MF, Williams NS. Local recurrence of rectal adenocarcinoma due to inadequate surgical resection. Histopathological study of lateral tumor spread and surgical excision. Lancet 1986; 1: 996– 9. 9 Adam IJ, McHamdee MO, Martin IG. et al. Role of circumferential margin involvement in the local recurrence of rectal cancer. Lancet 1994; 344: 707– 11. 10 Paty PB, Enker WE, Cohen AM, Lauwers GY. Treatment of rectal cancer by low anterior resection with coloanal anastomosis. Ann Surg 1994; 219: 365– 73. 11 MacFarlane J, Ryall RDH, Heald RJ. Mesorectal excision for rectal cancer. Lancet 1993; 341: 457– 60. 12 Enker WE. Potency, cure, and local control in the operative treatment of rectal cancer. Arch Surg 1992; 127: 1396– 1402. 13 Havenga K, Enker WE, McDermott K, Cohen AM, Minsky BD, Guillem J. Male and female sexual and urinary function after total mesorectal excision with autonomic nerve preservation for carcinoma of the rectum. J Am Coll Surg 1996; 182: 495– 502. 14 Minsky BD. Preoperative combined modality treatment for rectal cancer. Oncology 1994; 8: 53– 8. 15 Swedish Rectal Cancer Trial. Local recurrence rates in a randomized multiculture trial of preoperative radiotherapy compared with operation alone in resectable rectal carcinoma. Eur J Surg 1996; 162: 397– 402. 16 Stockholm Colorectal Cancer Study Group. Randomized study on preoperative radiotherapy in rectal carcinoma. Ann Surg Oncology 1996; 3: 423– 30. 17 Dutch Colorectal Cancer Group. Total mesorectal excision (TME) with or without preoperative readiotherapy in the treatment of primary rectal cancer. A multicenter phase III study. January 1996. 18 Norstein J, Bergan A, Langmark F. Risk factors for local recurrence after radical surgery for rectal carcinoma: a prospective multicentre study. Br J Surg 1993; 80 (Suppl): 22. 19 Quirke P. The pathologist's role in the evaluation of local recurrence in rectal cancer. In: Surgical Workshop and Prosection Course, Royal College of Surgeons of London, London, United Kingdom, April 25–26, 1995. Citing Literature Volume78, Issue91 November 1996Pages 1847-1850 ReferencesRelatedInformation