title: Operative treatment of colorectal cancer.
abstract: Principles of radical surgery for curative treatment of colon and rectal cancer are based on 5-year survival and 2-year local recurrence rates. Depth of invasion, cellular differentiation, vascular invasion, and the location and number of lymph node metastasis influence the 5-year survival rate. Age, type of resection, obstruction or perforation of the primary tumor, and the surgeon's technique influence the 2-year local recurrence rate. Accordingly, high ligation of major vascular pedicle, tumor-free margins, resection of contiguous organs, and oophorectomy should improve survival and an additional benefit may be derived from complete excision of distal mesorectum and the "no-touch isolation technique."
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago 60680.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Abcarian
mesh_terms: D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011379:Prognosis