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Management of T2 Rectal Cancer

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What’s “best” for the cancer, may not always be “best” for the patient. This is particularly true for T2 rectal cancer; more specifically for patients with rectal cancer. More radical treatments may in certain circumstances, result in higher disease free survival, but not in improvements in overall survival, and certainly not a better functional result or enhanced quality of life. In selecting treatment options one must understand multiple important factors regarding the tumor and the patient in whom it resides.

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    Peter A. Cataldo

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Cataldo, P.A. (2017). Management of T2 Rectal Cancer. In: Hyman, N., Umanskiy, K. (eds) Difficult Decisions in Colorectal Surgery. Difficult Decisions in Surgery: An Evidence-Based Approach. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40223-9_18

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