title: Individualization of surgical management for early-stage colonic cancer.
abstract: A significant number of patients each year undergo radical segmental colectomy for node-negative colonic cancer in the UK. They are likely to represent 50% of our colonic cancer population in the future due to the implementation of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. Short-term morbidity rates of up to 40% are associated with the current surgical treatment and need serious consideration. In this article, we discuss a combination of two techniques that will allow minimally invasive treatment in an increasing number of patients with early colonic cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St Mark's Hospital, Harrow, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brigic
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fraser
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sibbons
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Cahill
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Kennedy
mesh_terms: D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy