title: [Postoperative follow-up in patients with colorectal cancers who have undergone curative resection: intensive or conventional follow-up?].
abstract: Colorectal cancer is one of the most common human malignancies. Surgical resection remains the primary treatment but cancer recurrences (locoregional or distant) are associated with a poor prognosis. Follow-up is of particular importance in the three-years after surgery and various strategies have been purposed in the surveillance of patients after curative resection for colorectal cancer. The objective is to diagnose a recurrence at the earliest possible stage, enabling a second curative treatment. Optimal strategy for follow-up remains controversial. Results from randomized trials comparing low intensity programs and intensive programs of colorectal cancer surveillance are insufficient to recommend a follow-up strategy. To update recommendations for surveillance of colorectal cancer, larger prospective randomized studies are required.
authors.affiliation: Service d'oncologie digestive, pôle oncologie, spécialités médicales et chirurgicales Timone, université de la Méditerranée, CHU Timone, 264 rue Saint-Pierre, Marseille, France. laetitia.dahan@mail.ap-hm.fr
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dahan
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lepage
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ouaissi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sastre
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bedenne
authors.forename: J-F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Seitz
mesh_terms: D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D003245:Consensus Statements as Topic; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic