[Postoperative follow-up in patients with colorectal cancers who have undergone curative resection: intensive or conventional follow-up?].
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.
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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
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D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D003245:Consensus Statements as Topic; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic