title: Management of colon cancer: resource-stratified guidelines from the Asian Oncology Summit 2012.
abstract: Colon cancer is seen with increasing frequency in the Asia-Pacific region, and it is one of the most important causes of cancer mortality worldwide. This article reviews the available evidence for optimum management of colon cancer-in particular, with respect to screening and early detection of colon cancer, laparoscopic surgical treatment, adjuvant treatment of individuals with high-risk stage II and stage III cancer, palliative treatment of patients with metastatic disease, and management of resectable and potentially resectable metastases-and how these strategies can be applied in Asian countries with different levels of health-care resources and economic development, stratified by basic, limited, enhanced, and maximum resource levels.
authors.affiliation: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Geoffrey
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ku
authors.forename: Iain Beehuat
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yau
authors.forename: Narikazu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Boku
authors.forename: Sudsawat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Laohavinij
authors.forename: Ann-Lii
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Yoon-Koo
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Gilberto
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: de Lima Lopes
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia / Q000453:epidemiology; D044466:Asian People; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D003906:Developing Countries / Q000191:economics; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging