Bowel Function and Quality of Life Outcomes in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: Watch-and-Wait vs. Total Mesorectal Excision

J Gastrointest Surg. 2025 Jan 20:101972. doi: 10.1016/j.gassur.2025.101972. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Tapas N Parikh¹, Kent J Peterson², Ruta Brazauskas³, Jed F Calata¹, Carrie Y Peterson¹, Kirk A Ludwig¹, Timothy J Ridolfi¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
² Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA. Electronic address: kent.peterson.27@gmail.com.
³ Division of Biostatistics, Department of Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.

PMID: 39842769
DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2025.101972

No abstract available

Keywords: Colorectal neoplasm; Quality of life; antineoplastic protocols; defecation.