TY - CHAP AU - Miguel Henriques Abreu AU - Eduarda Matos AU - Fernando Castro Poças AU - Rosa Rocha AU - Jorge Pinto ED - Giulio Aniello Santoro Y1 - 2011-10-10 PY - 2011 T1 - Rectal Cancer Epidemiology N2 - Dramatic improvements in medicine over the last few years have resulted in more reliable and accessible diagnostics and treatment of rectal cancer. Given the complex physiopathology of this tumor, the approach should not be limited to a single specialty but should involve a number of specialties (surgery, gastroenterology, radiology, biology, oncology, radiotherapy, nuclear medicine, physiotherapy) in an integrated fashion. The subtitle of this book "A Multidisciplinary Approach to Management" encompasses this concept. We have endeavored, with the help of an international group of contributors, to provide an up-to-date and authoritative account of the management of rectal tumor. BT - Rectal Cancer SP - Ch. 1 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/25386 DO - 10.5772/25386 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-25 ER -