New concept and technology for diagnosis and management of low rectal cancer
YE Ying-jiang
WANG Shan
Abstract：Low rectum is the high risk area in rectal cancer,and is difficult to manage in clinic practice.Extensive researches are being carried out in diagnosis and treatment of rectal cancer,due to its special anatomical site and function,as well as the function of adjacent organs.New techniques and conceptions include extra-levator abdominoperineal excision (ELAPE),transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME),strategy of "watch and see" and delayed surgery after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy constantly appear,which lay the foundation for individualized precise treatment of rectal cancer.
Keywords：low rectal cancerextralevator abdominoperineal resectiontransanal total mesorectal excision"wait and see" strategydelayed surgery
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 596-600 )