title: Preoperative evaluation of colorectal cancer.
abstract: Surgery is a primary modality for the treatment of patients with colorectal cancer. Before any surgical therapy, patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer require an evaluation. This preoperative evaluation can be used to assess the patient's risk associated with surgery, plan the surgical resection, and stage the patient's cancer. Staging of the cancer preoperatively is primarily of concern in rectal cancer patients. This article focuses on the elective surgical setting and the recommended preoperative evaluation of patients who have been diagnosed with colorectal cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, 4800 Friendship Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA.
authors.forename: James T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: McCormick
authors.forename: Sharon G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Gregorcyk
mesh_terms: D003082:Colectomy; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011300:Preoperative Care