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Date publication

septembre 2000

Journal

Morphologie : bulletin de l'Association des anatomistes

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr MARCHAL Frédéric


Tous les auteurs :
Marchal F, Bresler L, Marchal C, Brunaud L, Sebbag H, Guillemin F, Tortuyaux JM, Boissel P, Braun M

Résumé

The cancer of the rectum touches 10,000 patients per year in France. Its treatment is mainly surgical. 50% of the treated patients will die of their cancer, either by loco-regional recurrence, or by metastatic disease. The rates of local recurrence vary from 10 to 40%. Heald is first who brought back recurrence rates lower than 4%, results obtained by the only surgical treatment. This treatment included the total exeresis of cellulo-fatty tissue surrounding the rectum, tissue which was baptized mesorectum. The aims of this work is to define and describe this space, and to discuss its Christian name.

Mots clés

Female, Humans, Male, Neoplasm Recurrence, Local, prevention & control, Rectal Neoplasms, pathology, Rectum, anatomy & histology, Terminology as Topic

Référence

Morphologie. 2000 Sep;84(266):13-8