RT Book, Section
A1 Goldberg, Joel
A1 Bleday, Ronald
A2 Zinner, Michael J.
A2 Ashley, Stanley W.
SR Print(0)
ID 57016101
T1 Chapter 40. Cancer of the Rectum
T2 Maingot's Abdominal Operations, 12e
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-163388-8
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57016101
RD 2024/04/25
AB At  the  beginning  of  the  21st  century,  rectal  cancer  continues  to  be  a  significant  medical  and  social  problem.  Currently,  there  are  approximately  149,000  cases  of  colorectal  cancer  diagnosed  in  the  United  States  each  year.  Adenocarcinoma  of  the  rectum  accounts  for  nearly  30%  of  these  cancers.  This  translates  into  41,000  new  diagnoses  of  rectal  cancer  each  year  and  greater  than  10,000  deaths  attributable  to  this  disease  within  the  same  time  period.1