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Session 3: Many ways to organ preserve the rectum but which is correct?
Author(s) -
Read J.,
Tekkis P.,
Rullier E.,
Nicholls J.,
Mortensen N.,
Marks J.,
Steele R. J. C.,
Brown G.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
colorectal disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.029
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1463-1318
pISSN - 1462-8910
DOI - 10.1111/codi.14085
Subject(s) - medicine , session (web analytics) , perspective (graphical) , intensive care medicine , rectum , organ system , medline , patient care , function (biology) , general surgery , surgery , pathology , nursing , disease , artificial intelligence , evolutionary biology , world wide web , computer science , political science , law , biology
From the patient's perspective, cancer cure with full preservation of function is a crucial goal. There are many advances that have emerged which may make this possible in a greater proportion of patients without compromising oncological outcomes. Professor Tekkis reviews the options and evidence to date for ‘organ preservation’ and the expert panel discuss the implications for current and future patient care.