title: [The 'Colon cancer laparoscopic or open resection' (COLOR) trial].
abstract: The value of laparoscopic surgery for colorectal malignancy as compared with open surgery will be determined in the COLOR-trial. The disease-free survival time is the primary end point. Twenty-one hospitals in the Netherlands and Scandinavia will participate in the trial. In the COLOR trial 1500 patients with colon carcinoma will be randomised for either a laparoscopic or open colon resection.
authors.affiliation: afd. Algemene Heelkunde, Academisch Ziekenhuis Rotterdam-Dijkzigt.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wittich
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kazemier
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Schouten
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jeekel
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Lange
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Bonjer
mesh_terms: D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D007813:Laparotomy; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011788:Quality of Life