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When in rectal cancer surgery can the anal sphincter be spared? For wh
ich patients is iliac lymphadenectomy advisable? Should radiation ther
apy and chemotherapy be given before surgery rather than after? Drs Se
xe and Miedema address these and other questions in this discussion of
recent advances and future trends in therapy for rectal cancer.