Browsing Doktorgradsavhandlinger (Helsefak) by Author "Myrseth, Elisabeth"
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Results after surgical treatment of rectal cancer in Norway
Myrseth, Elisabeth (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2023-09-15)Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide, and rectal carcinoma represents about 25% of the cases. Surgical removal of the tumor is the standard curative treatment, and during the last decades the survival rates have improved through both better surgical methods and the introduction of radiochemotherapy. There is, however, still an ongoing debate on which treatment offers the best ...