Background Conducting regular multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings requires significant
investment of time and finances. It is thus important to assess the empirical benefits of such …

Cancer care can be complex, and given the wide range and numbers of health-care
professionals involved, an enormous potential for poor coordination and miscommunication …

Background The TME trial investigated the value of preoperative short-term radiotherapy in
combination with total mesorectal excision (TME). Long-term results are reported after a …

Objective: To assess local recurrence, disease-free survival, and overall survival in magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI)–predicted good prognosis tumors treated by surgery alone …

Objective To assess the accuracy of preoperative staging of rectal cancer with magnetic
resonance imaging to predict surgical circumferential resection margins. Design Prospective …

Multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) are considered the gold standard of cancer care in many
healthcare systems, but a clear definition of their format, scope of practice and operational …

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Background Extramural vascular invasion (EMVI) is a poor prognostic feature in colorectal
cancer. The accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in detecting EMVI and …

Background The management of rectal cancer has evolved over the years, including the
recent rise of Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision (TaTME). TaTME addresses the …

AIM OF THE STUDY: In patients from the Dutch TME trial patterns of local recurrence (LR) in
rectal cancer were studied. The purpose was to reconstruct the most likely mechanisms of …