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Source Reference: Pohl H, et al "Recurrence of colorectal neoplastic polyps after incomplete resection" Ann Intern Med 2021; DOI: 10.7326/M20-6689. Share on Facebook. Opens in a new tab or window ...
Laparoscopic Resection for Colon Cancer — The End of the Beginning? T.N. Pappas and D.O. Jacobs. Correspondence; Aug 26, 2004; Laparoscopically Assisted versus Open Colectomy for Colon Cancer.
WASHINGTON, DC — Laparoscopic resection for colon cancer improves the odds that an elderly patient will be discharged home, rather than to a nursing facility, a new study suggests. "We are ...
Cold snare endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) may be a safe therapeutic option for selected large colorectal polyps, thanks to a safety profile superior to that of hot EMR. In findings from ...
PURPOSEChemotherapy is established as primary treatment in patients with stage IV colorectal cancer and unresectable metastases. Data from nonrandomized clinical trials have fueled persistent ...
The Dalhousie University surgeons reviewed data on all patients over the age of 70 years who had undergone colon cancer resection in the United States between 2009 and 2010.
It is believed that expediting surgical resection following a patient’s colon cancer diagnosis will minimize their risk for disease progression that could hypothetically occur prior to treatment, and, ...
Liver resection for colorectal metastases is safe and effective therapy and currently represents the only potentially curative therapy for metastatic colorectal cancer. The only absolute ...
"Colonoscopy is considered the gold-standard when screening for colorectal cancer," says gastroenterologist Dr. Brian McGee, MD. "It’s a safe procedure that is the only cancer screening tool that can ...
Low muscle quality and quantity are both predictive of poor outcomes in colon resection surgery, according to a new study published in JAMA Surgery. Skip to content. Menu.