Paper of the Month
For the interest and benefit of ESCP members, the Research Committee are going to write a monthly short report on a significant colorectal article that has been published in the last six months.
These summaries should provide an informative read on significant developments that have the potential to help patients. We would welcome your suggestions regarding articles and also your ideas on how this initiative may be developed.
17 March 2021
March's Paper of the Month looks at a study aimed to analyse the functional lymphovascular network and tissue drainage in the anorectal region.Chemoradiotherapy or short-course radiotherapy with chemotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer?
24 February 2021
February 2021's 'Paper of the Month' presents the follow up of the randomised control trial RAPIDO on the effect of short-course radiotherapy followed by chemotherapy before TME resection compared to preoperative chemoradiotherapy.31 July 2020
July 2020's 'Paper of the Month' presents the 10-year planned follow up of the randomised control trial CAPP2 on the long-term protective effect of taking regular aspirin in patients with Lynch syndrome.27 May 2020
May 2020's 'Paper of the Month' presents a French multicenter randomised controlled trial assessing the effect of the time leg between completion of radiation therapy and surgery on oncological outcomes of patients with locally advanced rectal cancer.17 March 2020
Our 'Paper of the Month' for April is timely as it looks at the impact of prolonging time to surgery on survival rates.Page 9 of 14