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Primary tumour resection before systemic therapy in patients with colon cancer and unresectable metastases

22 April 2024

April’s Paper of the Month looks into the combined findings from two pivotal randomised controlled trials (RCTs): SYNCHRONOUS and...

ESCP Fellowships 2022–2023 Update

11 April 2024

ESCP offered 3-month Functional Disorder Fellowships and 6-month Robotics Fellowships for 2022-2023, as well as three Travelling Fellowships. Fellows...

The SANLARS Randomised Clinical Trial

29 March 2024

March's Paper of the Month assesses the impact of sacral neuromodulation on low anterior resection syndrome symptoms as measured by validated scores and...

Welcome to the #ESCPisListeningToYou Campaign

4 March 2024

This month, ESCP launches the #ESCPisListeningToYou campaign

EAGLE 2 has launched!

5 February 2024

IBD Month: Interview with Dr Lilli Lundby

2 February 2024

Dr Lundby speaks to Dr Dorothy Petrocz-Turu about the use of injections for Crohn's fistulas.

IBD Month: Interview with Paulo Kotze

2 February 2024

Nicolas Avellaneda interviews IBD surgeon, Paulo Kotze

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Colorectal Disease – the Official Journal of ESCP

Colorectal Disease Journal cover

April 2024

 Frailty in inflammatory bowel disease: analysis of the National Inpatient Sample 2015–2019 - Sahil Sharma et al.

Contemporary results from the PelvEx collaborative: improvements in surgical outcomes for locally advanced and recurrent rectal cancer - The PelvEx Collaborative

Assessment of the quality of online patient information resources for patients considering parastomal hernia treatment - Sue Blackwell et al.

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Editor's Choice

An article from the journal is selected each month as Editor's Choice:

Incidence of adhesive small bowel obstruction after surgery for colorectal cancer in Sweden 2007–2016 - Thorbjörn Sakari et al.


The journal of Colorectal Disease publishes original research in all disciplines relating to colorectal pathology.

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