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CENTRES ENROLLED IN the PERINEAL WOUND HEALING REGISTRY:
Aintree, Barnet and Chase, Barts, Bath, Basingstoke, Bradford, Bristol, Broomfield, Buckingham, Burton Hospitals, Central Manchester, Chesterfield, Cornwall, Coventry and Warwickshire, Doncaster and Bassetlaw, East Lancashire, Gartnavel Glasgow, Harrogate, Hillingdon, Homerton, Imperial, Ipswich, James Paget, King's Lynn, Leeds, Lewisham, Luton and Dunstable, Mid Staffs, Mid Yorkshire, Milton Keynes, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northern Devon, Northumbria Wansbeck, Nottingham, Oxford, Princess Alexandra, Rotherham, Royal Berks, Royal Bournemouth, Royal Derby, Royal Surrey, Salisbury, Sheffield, Sherwood Forest, South Manchester, South Tees, Southampton, St Richards Chichester, Walsall, Whittington, Whipps X, Worthing, Wolverhampton, York,

About LOREC

  

March 2013 is the last month that the National Cancer Action Team will support the Low Rectal Cancer Development Programme. This programme came about due to the complexity of low rectal cancers and the challenges that multi-disciplinary teams have making treatment decisions.

The LOREC programme, which has run from October 2010 and March 2013 has aimed:

  • To enhance patient-centred MDT decision making
  • To optimise operative technique
  • To diminish post-operative complications and improve quality of life outcomes
  • To improve oncological outcomes

The LOREC programme has been truly multi-disciplinary, covering the core areas of the colorectal cancer team working to focus on low rectal cancers.

The first achievement of the programme was a definition for low rectal cancer.

Definition of low rectal cancer:

Rectal cancer is bowel cancer that is situated in the lower part of the bowel. The focus of this programme will be on cancers found on the lowest section of the rectum, whereby a low rectal cancer is defined as:

  • An MRI-based anatomical definition where the mesorectum tapers at the origin of the levators, at the pelvic sidewall. This usually corresponds to a measurement of within 6 centimetres of the anal verge.
 

The LOREC Registry is located securely here.
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