American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer Standard 5.7 for Total Mesorectal Excision for Mid-to-Low Rectal Cancer

Affiliations

• ¹ From the Department of Surgery, San Antonio Military Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX (Adams, Vreeland).
• ² the Department of Breast Surgical Oncology (Teshome, Hunt), University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
• ³ the Cancer Surgery Standards Program, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL (Francescatti, Zheng).
• ⁴ Department of Surgical Oncology (Hunt, Katz), University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
• ⁵ Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery (Messick), University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.