Bericht zum 1. Workshop zur lokalen Exzision von Rektumkarzinomen

To determine the significance of local excision (LE) of rectal cancer and discuss oncologic results, a 1st Workshop on LE of rectal cancer was held at the Department of General und Abdominal Surgery, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany. The option of broadening the indication for local excision after neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy (nRCT) of rectal cancer was to be assessed. Local excision of "low risk" T 1 carcinomas was rated as oncologically adequate therapy with good functional results and low complication rates. Transanal endoscopic microsurgical (TEM) resection was the preferrred technique. Pre-requisite for the achievement of low recurrence rates (5 %) is an R0 resection with …