Initial results of the CLASICC trial have recently been presented in the Lancet by Guillou and co-workers. This study aimed to compare the short-term outcomes of laparoscopic resection with those of ...

Resection is another name for any operation that removes tissue or part of an organ. Bowel resection, also called partial colectomy, removes a diseased or damaged part of the colon or rectum. Bowel ...

Phase III Trial of Cetuximab With Continuous or Intermittent Fluorouracil, Leucovorin, and Oxaliplatin (Nordic FLOX) Versus FLOX Alone in First-Line Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: The ...

Al Suwaiq Hospital recently succeeded in conducting the first laparoscopic colon resection in its history. The surgery set a ...

Colorectal surgery is a medical operation that is performed on the colon, rectum and anus. Colorectal surgeons, who are also referred to as proctologists, are responsible for carrying out this ...

Doctors at the All India Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi on Friday announced a successful surgery where they removed a ...

Kingwood Medical Center, an HCA Affiliated Hospital, announced its chief of staff, Kent Kossoy, M.D. has successfully performed the first colon resection da Vinci surgery to treat colon cancer in the ...

The researchers behind a new Cancer Research UK-funded clinical trial have suggested that giving colon cancer patients chemotherapy before surgery can reduce the risk of disease recurrence by more ...

Doctors at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) performed a rare, life-saving surgery to remove a nearly 20-kg ...

Low muscle quality and quantity are both predictive of poor outcomes in colon resection surgery, according to a new study published in JAMA Surgery. Carla Prado, a researcher in the University of ...