Publication Name	World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology
Manuscript ID	32516
Country	Netherlands

Category	Surgery
Manuscript Type	Retrospective Cohort Study
Article Title	Value of macrobiopsies and transanal endoscopic microsurgery in the histological work-up of rectal neoplasms: A retrospective study
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Guus M J Bökkerink, Gert-Jan van der Wilt, Dirk de Jong, Han H J M van Krieken, Robert P Bleichrodt, Johannes H W de Wilt and Andreas J A Bremers
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Guus MJ Bökkerink, MD, Department of Surgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, P.O.Box 9101, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands. guus.bokkerink@radboudumc.nl
Key Words	Rectal cancer; Histology; Biopsy; Macrobiopsy; Transanal endoscopic microsurgery; Sampling error
Core Tip	Increasing the number of biopsies taken through a flexible endoscope, taking macrobiopsies and performing excision biopsies with transanal endoscopic microsurgery can reduce the number of missed preoperative malignant diagnoses in patients with rectal cancer.
Citation	Bökkerink GMJ, van der Wilt GJ, de Jong D, van Krieken HHJM, Bleichrodt RP, de Wilt JHW, Bremers AJA. Value of macrobiopsies and transanal endoscopic microsurgery in the histological work-up of rectal neoplasms: A retrospective study. World J Gastrointest Oncol 2017; 9(6): 251-256

Received	2017-01-12 08:59
Peer-Review Started	2017-01-12 15:10
To Make the First Decision	2017-03-06 18:02
Return for Revision	2017-03-07 12:11
Revised	2017-04-03 19:46
Second Decision	2017-05-17 09:32
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Company Editor-in-Chief	2017-05-24 01:16
Articles in Press	2017-05-24 01:16
Publication Fee Transferred
Edit the Manuscript by Language Editor
Typeset the Manuscript	2017-06-06 02:20

ISSN	1948-5204 (online)
Open Access	This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Copyright	© The Author(s) 2017. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.
Permissions	For details, please visit: http://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/gerinfo/207
Publisher	Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA
Website	http://www.wjgnet.com