Optimizing the Personalized Care for the Management of Rectal Cancer: A Consensus Statement.

ABSTRACT: Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in Turkey. The current guidelines do not provide sufficient information to cover all aspects of the management of rectal cancer. Although treatment has been standardized in terms of the basic principles of neoadjuvant, surgical, and adjuvant therapy, uncertainties in the management of rectal cancer may lead to significant differences in clinical practice. In order to clarify these uncertainties, a consensus program was constructed with the participation of the physicians from the Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar and Koç Universities. This program included the physicians from the departments of general surgery, gastroenterology, pathology, radiology, nuclear medicine, medical oncology, radiation oncology, and medical genetics. The gray zones in

SUBMITTER: Aytac E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9524446 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature