Laparoscopic colectomy for serosa-positive colon cancer (pT4a) in patients with preoperative diagnosis of cancer without serosal invasion.

CONCLUSION: Similar survival and recurrence patterns were observed in patients with serosa-involving colon cancer (pT4a) who were preoperatively diagnosed with serosa negative disease (≤cT3) and underwent either laparoscopic or open colectomies. Laparoscopic colectomy may be safely performed in patients with serosa-positive tumors. PMID: 28730774 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of B.U.ON. - Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: J BUON Source Type: research