Comparison of 17,641 Patients With Right- and Left-Sided Colon Cancer: Differences in Epidemiology, Perioperative Course, Histology, and Survival

Benedix, Frank; Kube, Rainer; Meyer, Frank; Schmidt, Uwe; Gastinger, I.; Lippert, H.

doi:10.1007/dcr.0b013e3181c703a4

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Comparison of 17,641 Patients With Right- and Left-Sided Colon Cancer: Differences in Epidemiology, Perioperative Course, Histology, and Survival

Published in Diseases of the Colon & Rectum • Jan 1, 2010

Authors:

Frank Benedix

Rainer Kube

Frank Meyer

Abstract

PURPOSE: There is a growing amount of data suggesting that carcinomas of the right and left colon should be considered as different tumor entities. Using the data and analysis compiled in the German multicentered study "Colon/Rectum Cancer," we aimed to clarify whether the existing differences influ...

Subject

Medicine

Colorectal cancer

Perioperative

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