The rationale behind complete mesocolic excision (CME) and a central vascular ligation for colon cancer in open and laparoscopic surgery | Semantic Scholar
@article{Sndenaa2014TheRB, title={The rationale behind complete mesocolic excision (CME) and a central vascular ligation for colon cancer in open and laparoscopic surgery}, author={Karl S{\o}ndenaa and Karl S{\o}ndenaa and Philip Quirke and Werner Hohenberger and Kenichi Sugihara and Hirotoshi Kobayashi and Hermann Kessler and Gina Brown and Vera Tudyka and Andr{\'e} D’Hoore and Robin H. Kennedy and Nicholas P. West and Seon Hahn Kim and Richard J. Heald and Kristian Eeg Storli and Arild Nesbakken and Brendan John Moran}, journal={International Journal of Colorectal Disease}, year={2014}, volume={29}, pages={419-428}, url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:6464670} }
There are sound oncological hypotheses for a more radical approach than has been common up to now to colon cancer resection, however, this may not necessarily apply in early stages of the tumour stage.
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Emphasizing surgery for colon cancer.
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The impact of D3 lymphadenectomy is evaluated on the rate of cure and survival among patients with rightsided colon cancer and it is concluded that it allows for curative resection and long-term survival.