Abstract
In recent decades colorectal carcinoma has become the second most common cancer in Europe and the United States both in males (after lung cancer) and in females (after breast cancer) [1]. The principal goal of rectal cancer treatment is cure, and in recent years we have seen an increase in survival from rectal cancer, due largely to advances in surgical techniques such as total mesorectal excision (TME), earlier diagnosis, and the improvement of efficacy of adjuvant radio- and chemotherapy [2, 3].
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Luca, F., Valvo, M. (2017). Nerve Preservation in Robotic Rectal Surgery. In: Obias, V. (eds) Robotic Colon and Rectal Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43256-4_14
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