Locally advanced rectal cancer: The importance of a multidisciplinary approach

Table 1 Multidisciplinary team involved in the treatment of rectal cancer

Multidisciplinary team-Specialists	Role in the management of LARC
General Practitioner	Colorectal cancer screening, follow-up
Gastroenterologist	Screening, diagnosis (colonoscopy)
Medical Oncologist	Neo-adjuvant and adjuvant treatment, follow-up, management of toxicity
Surgeon	Radical surgery with TME
Radiation Oncologist	Preoperative (or in a few cases post-operative) radio or chemoradiotherapy
Radiologist	Staging, evaluation of response, follow-up
Pathologist	Preliminary diagnosis (on biopsy obtained during colonoscopy) and definitive diagnosis and pathological staging on surgical specimen

LARC: Locally advanced rectal cancer.