Surgical quality of colorectal cancer: from TME to CME:terminology drive improvement        ZHANG Zhong-tao，YANG Ying-Chi. Department of General Surgery, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050,China
Corresponding author：ZHANG Zhong-tao, E-mail：zhangzht@medmail.com.cn
Abstract    The application of total mesorectal excision (TME) significantly improved the surgical treatment of rectal cancer, “Terminology-Driven Improvement” or “Concept-Driving Change” has been fully reflected. Learning the experience of TME, based on surgical, anatomic and embryologic theories, German scholar Hohenberger summed up a lot of clinical data and proposed complete mesocolic resection (CME). CME may offer the hope to further improve the treatment of colon cancer and can be considered as an indicator of surgical quality.