One of the main prognostic factors in rectal cancer is the circumferential resection margin (CRM). Since the initial description of its clinical importance in 1986, the involvement of this margin ...

Although the rate of positive circumferential resection margin (CRM ... T3N0, and T3N1 rectal cancer with tumors that are amenable to sphincter-preserving procedures, and without at-risk radial CRM, ...

Pelvic radiation plus sensitizing chemotherapy with a fluoropyrimidine (chemoradiotherapy) before surgery is standard care for locally advanced rectal ... radial tumor within 1 mm of any surgical ...

CHICAGO (March 23, 2018): For many years in the U.S., there has been tremendous variability in the treatment and outcomes for rectal cancer ... of circumferential radial margin (CRM) positivity ...

A retrospective study of patients with distal rectal cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ... when the tumor involves the external sphincter complex, the distal margin is inadequate, ...

Two hundred and twenty six patients with rectal ... on Cancer (AJCC) TNM classification. Microscopic tumour clearance of > 1 mm for circumferential margins was considered safe (R0). Distal margin ...

Further research is needed to evaluate long-term outcomes, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of robotic APR in rectal cancer treatment ... resection margin and better short-term outcomes compared ...