May 3, 2009 — New research has confirmed that short-term complications are less likely in patients who undergo laparoscopic colectomy compared with open colectomy. The finding was announced at the ...

Methods We conducted a noninferiority trial at 48 institutions and randomly assigned 872 patients with adenocarcinoma of the colon to undergo open or laparoscopically assisted colectomy performed by ...

June 28, 2002 — In a randomized trial reported in the June 29 issue of The Lancet, laparoscopy-assisted colectomy (LAC) offered greater benefits than did open colectomy (OC) for colon cancer, ...

Tumor-informed assessment of molecular residual disease and its incorporation into practice for patients with early and advanced-stage colorectal cancer (CRC-MRD Consortia). Does neoadjuvant FOLFOX ...

boxed-textThe Clinical Outcomes of Surgical Therapy Study Group (2004) A comparison of laparoscopically assisted and open colectomy for colon cancer. N Engl J Med 350: 2050–2059. Minimally invasive ...

For patients with colon cancer, laparoscopic colectomy has been associated with early recovery and quality-of-life benefits compared with open colectomy; however, long-term outcome data on tumor ...

Response to the combination of cetuximab, bevacizumab and irinotecan (cetux/bev/iri) in patients (pts) previously treated with 3rd-line panitumumab, following disease progression on oxaliplatin, ...

Individuals with IBD undergoing colectomy may benefit from surveillance for kidney function. Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) undergoing colectomy have higher rates of acute kidney ...