Below are suggested reading and educational material on colon cancer, selected for trainees.
- The risk of lymph node metastasis in patients with T2 colon cancer (2023)
- Association between plane of mesocolic dissection and recurrence after complete mesocolic excision for right-sided colon cancer: a cohort study (2023)
- Validation of the German classification system for quality assessment of right-sided colon cancer specimens (2023)
- Survival in relation to time to start of curative treatment of colon cancer: a national register-based observational noninferiority study (2023)
- Colorectal cancer incidence trends by tumour location among adults of screening-age in England: a population-based study (2023)
- Return to intended oncologic therapy after colectomy for stage III colon adenocarcinoma: Does surgical approach matter? (2023)
- Personalizing neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced colon cancer: protocols for the international phase III FOxTROT2 and FOxTROT3 randomized controlled trials (2023)
- Patient and tumour characteristics of screening-age adults diagnosed with screen-detected versus symptomatic colon cancer (2022)
- Assessment of adjuvant chemotherapy benefits after complete mesocolic excision in patients with colon cancer: Reanalysis of data from the ESCME trial (2022)
- Impact of operation duration on postoperative outcomes of minimally-invasive right colectomy (2022)
- Development of a procedure-specific tool for skill assessment in left- and right-sided laparoscopic complete mesocolic excision (2022)
- Impact of the preoperative clinical N stage on the prognosis of patients with colon cancer (2022)
- Incorporating neoadjuvant chemotherapy into locally advanced colon cancer treatment pathways: real-life experience of implementing FOxTROT (2022)
- Do differences in surgical quality account for the higher rate of R1 margins to lymph node metastases in right- versus left-sided Stage III colon cancer: a retrospective cohort study (2022)
- Computer-based multimodal training module facilitates standardization of complete mesocolic excision technique for right-sided colon cancer: long-term oncological outcomes (2022)
- A national evaluation of the use and survival impact of adjuvant chemotherapy in Stage II colon cancer from the national cancer database (2022)
- Clinical significance of circulating tumour cells and tumour marker detection in the chemotherapeutic evaluation of advanced colorectal cancer (2022)
- Stage migration - a negative quality indicator in colon cancer management (2022)
- Laparoscopic versus open surgery for left flexure colon cancer: a propensity score matched analysis from an international cohort (2022)
- Evolutionary patterns of chromosomal instability and mismatch repair deficiency in proximal and distal colorectal cancer (2022)
- Tumour genotypes account for survival differences in right- and left-sided colon cancers (2022)
- Colon cancer treatment in Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic: a nationwide register-based study (2022)
- Plane of mesocolic dissection as predictor of recurrence after complete mesocolic excision for sigmoid colon cancer: a cohort study (2022)
- Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients undergoing colonic resection for locally advanced nonmetastatic colon cancer: a nationwide propensity score matched cohort study (2022)
- N1c colon cancer and the use of adjuvant chemotherapy: a current audit of the National Cancer Database (2021)
- Complete mesocolic excision versus conventional surgery for colon cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2021)
- Oncological outcomes after complete mesocolic excision in right-sided colon cancer: a population-based study (2021)
- Recurrence after complete mesocolic excision for right-sided colon cancer: post hoc sensitivity analyses - early recurrence, surgery by specialist and dissection in the mesocolic plane (2021)
- Distribution of lymph node metastasis and oncological outcomes of mid-transverse colon cancer: extended versus transverse colectomy (2021)
- Emergency resection or diverting stoma followed by elective resection in patients with colonic obstruction due to locally advanced cancer: a national cohort study (2021)
- Recurrence and colon cancer-specific death in patients with large bowel obstruction requiring urgent operation: a competing risks analysis (2021)
- Improvement in immune dysfunction after FOLFOX chemotherapy for Stage III colon cancer is associated with improved minimal residual disease prognostic subtype and outcome (2021)
- Oncological outcomes after complete mesocolic excision in right-sided colon cancer: a population-based study (2021)
- Does neoadjuvant FOLFOX chemotherapy improve the prognosis of high-risk Stage II and III colon cancers? Three years' follow-up results of the PRODIGE 22 phase II randomized multicentre trial (2021)
- Segmental versus extended colectomy for tumours of the transverse colon: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2020)
- N1c colon cancer and the use of adjuvant chemotherapy: a current audit of the National Cancer Database (2020)
- The association of the neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio with the presence of minimal residual disease and outcome in patients with Stage II colon cancer treated with surgery alone (2020)
- Comparison of extended right hemicolectomy, left hemicolectomy and segmental colectomy for splenic flexure colon cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2020)
- Colon sparing resection versus extended colectomy for left-sided obstructing colon cancer with caecal ischaemia or perforation: a nationwide study from the French Surgical Association (2020)
- Accuracy of CT colonography in the preoperative staging of colon cancer: a prospective study of 217 patients (2019)
- Better survival for patients with colon cancer operated on by specialized colorectal surgeons - a nationwide population‐based study in Sweden 2007-2010 (2019)
- Safety, quality and effect of complete mesocolic excision vs non-complete mesocolic excision in patients with colon cancer: a systemic review and meta-analysis (2017)
- Timing of adjuvant chemotherapy in colorectal cancer (2016)
