title: Laparoscopic colectomy survival benefit for colon cancer: is evidence from a randomized trial true?
authors.forename: Dimosthenis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ziogas
authors.forename: Alexandros
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Polychronidis
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kanellos
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Roukos
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D002423:Cause of Death; D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods / Q000401:mortality; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000379:methods / Q000401:mortality; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic