Tumor budding is a well-established independent prognostic factor in colorectal cancer but
a standardized method for its assessment has been lacking. The primary aim of the …

Surgery is essential for global cancer care in all resource settings. Of the 15· 2 million new
cases of cancer in 2015, over 80% of cases will need surgery, some several times. By 2030 …

Surgery is the oldest oncological discipline, dating back thousands of years. Prior to the
advent of anaesthesia and antisepsis 150 years ago, only the brave, desperate, or ill …

Background Care for patients with colon and rectal cancer has improved in the last 20 years;
however considerable variation still exists in cancer management and outcome between …

Summary The first Lancet Oncology Commission on Global Cancer Surgery was published
in 2015 and serves as a landmark paper in the field of cancer surgery. The Commission …

Aim Rectal cancer is a malignant disease requiring multidisciplinary management. In view of
the increasing number of studies published over the past decade, a comprehensive update …

Preoperative radiotherapy and curative surgery for the management of localised rectal
carcinoma - Abraha, I - 2018 | Cochrane Library Skip to Content Cookies Our site uses cookies …

Some interesting shifts have taken place in the diagnostic approach for detection of
colorectal lesions over the past decade. This article accompanies the recent EURECCA …

Aim The value of frequent Carcino-Embryonic Antigen (CEA) measurements and CEA-
triggered imaging for detecting recurrent disease in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients was …

Objectives Global survival studies have shown favourable development in colon and rectal
cancers but few studies have considered extended periods or covered populations for which …