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Rectal adenocarcinoma accounts for about 30 % of colorectal cancers. The most common type of rectal cancer is adenocarcinoma, which is a cancer arising from the mucosa. Because of its specific anatomical location, this cancer poses two specific problems in terms of treatment that are the sphincter preservation and locoregional recurrences. The latter depends mainly on the depth of involvement of the rectal wall and mesorectum and of the lymph node involvement.
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Paolantonio, P., Dromain, C. (2014). R. In: Imaging of Small Bowel, Colon and Rectum. A-Z Notes in Radiological Practice and Reporting. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5489-9_18
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