A retrospective study of patients with distal rectal cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) has found a higher rate of local recurrence after intersphincteric resection with handsewn ...

A National Cancer Data Base (NCDB) study found a steady increase in the use of local excision for stage I rectal cancers from 1989 to 2003 (Ann Surg.2007;245:726-733).

Wide local excision that removes less tissue may have a different cost. Summary Wide local excision is surgery to cut out a vulvar tumor and is a less extensive procedure to treat vulvar cancer.