Guidelines: Clinical practice guidelines for the surgical treatment of rectal cancer (Greece)
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Primary purpose: To provide consensus-based recommendations on image staging, pre-operative management, and surgical treatment of rectal cancer.
Sponsor, manager or home institution: Hellenic Society of Medical Oncology (HeSMO).
Type of information: The importance of accurate staging by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the use of neo-adjuvant treatments like radiotherapy, the practice of total mesorectal excision, and the discrepancies in therapeutic approaches among Greek-Cypriot hospitals. The guideline also highlights the methodology used to achieve consensus on 102 statements through the Delphi voting system and emphasizes the significance of centralization, care by a multidisciplinary team, adherence to guidelines, and personalization in rectal cancer management. diagnosis, medical procedures, tumour staging, tumour histology. Click here to learn more.
Cancer areas of interest: C15-C26: Digestive system cancers. Click here to learn more.
Access to information: Click here to access.
