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The Pathological Assessment of Total Mesorectal Excision: What Are the Relevant Resection Margins?

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Rectal Cancer Treatment

Part of the book series: Recent Results in Cancer Research ((RECENTCANCER,volume 165))

Abstract

An accurate pathological reporting of rectal cancer specimens has important implications concerning patients' prognosis and further clinical management. Since locoregional recurrence and prognosis in rectal cancer is especially influenced by the extent of extramural tumor spread into the mesorectal lymphovascular fatty tissue, systematic investigation of the status of the circumferential mesorectal resection margin is a point of major importance to determine the completeness of tumor resection. Careful macroscopic assessment of the resection specimen should be performed to monitor the quality of mesorectal excision.

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  1. Institute of Pathology, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 220/221, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Frank Autschbach

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  1. Abteilung für Allgemeine, Viszerale, Unfallchirurgie und Poliklinik, Chirurgische Universitätsklinik Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

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  2. Chirurgie, Krankenhaus Gerresheim, Kliniken der Landeshauptstadt, Gräulinger Straße 120, 40625, Düsseldorf, Germany

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  3. The Pelican Cancer Foundation, North Hampshire Hospital, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG24 9NA, UK

    Richard John Heald (OBE, Surgical Director) (OBE, Surgical Director)

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Autschbach, F. (2005). The Pathological Assessment of Total Mesorectal Excision: What Are the Relevant Resection Margins?. In: Büchler, M.W., Weitz, J., Ulrich, B., Heald, R.J. (eds) Rectal Cancer Treatment. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 165. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27449-9_5

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