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18023175

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-12-10
pubmed:abstractText
Over the past 2 decades the surgeon and the hospital where he or she works have been considered to play an important role in the prognosis of the rectal cancer patients. The rate of sphincter-sparing rectal resection, local recurrence and survival are the factors more frequently utilized in the literature to evaluate if surgeons are able to affect the natural history of the rectal cancer. The quantitative aspect, high volume of the surgeon, is not enough but in order to achieve better results in the treatment of rectal cancer a specific interest in colorectal surgery is more important. While retrospective studies show a positive influence of the surgeon on the prognosis of these patients, prospective studies are very few so that we need to get more data to reach valid conclusions. The high number of rectal cancer patients does not allow a centralization of these patients into specialist Units, but we should get up everywhere colorectal programmes so that every department can reach a high standard of efficiency.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0960-7404
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16 Suppl 1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
S53-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
The surgeon as a prognostic factor in the surgical treatment of rectal cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of General and Colorectal Surgery, University of Catania, Via S.Sofia 84, 95100 Catania, Italy. dicataldoa@tiscali.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review