TY  - JOUR
T1  - Local therapy of rectal carcinoids: A matter of debate
AU  - Scherübl H
Y1  - 2009/02/01
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.2008.542
JO  - Archives of Surgery
SP  - 193
EP  - 197
VL  - 144
IS  - 2
N2  - 
Rectal carcinoids smaller than 2 cm have been and are being managed differently in different parts of the world.1- 9 Owing to a lack of controlled prospective studies, our current management of rectal carcinoids is flawed by a low level of evidence. The best we can do for the time being is to base guidelines and recommendations on all the available (retrospective) data from case series, large hospital registries, and national tumor registries. Of course, the individual patient's situation has to be considered too. A 20-mm, well-differentiated rectal carcinoid may well be managed differently in a fit, otherwise healthy 32-year-old woman than in an 85-year-old multimorbid patient.

SN  - 0004-0010
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.2008.542
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.2008.542
ER  -