Because of recent advances in medical technology and new findings of clinical trials,
treatment options for colorectal cancer are evolutionally changing, even in the last few years …

Departments of Gastrointestinal and Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Nippon Medical
School, Tokyo, Japan Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer worldwide …

Surgical resection and adjuvant chemotherapy are the only treatment modalities for
localized colorectal cancer that can obtain a “cure.” The goal in surgically treating primary …

Surgery for rectal cancer in complex and entails many challenges. While the laparoscopic
approach in general and specific to colon cancer has been long proven to have short term …

Rectal cancer accounts for one third of all colorectal cancers. The age adjusted death rates
from colorectal cancer have declined over recent decades due to a combination of colorectal …

The current standard treatment for rectal cancer is based on a multimodality approach with
preoperative radiochemotherapy in advanced cases and complete surgical removal through …

In recent years, minimally invasive surgery for colorectal cancer has seen remarkable
improvement. For the laparoscopic surgery for colon cancer, earlier postoperative recovery …

Management of rectal cancer has markedly evolved over the last two decades. New
technologies of staging have allowed a more precise definition of tumor extension …

AIM: To report a meta-analysis of the studies that compared the laparoscopic with the open
approach for colon cancer resection. METHODS: Forty-seven manuscripts were reviewed …

Objective: The aim of this article is to study the superiority and safety of laparoscopic surgery
for colorectal carcinoma. Summary Background Data: Laparoscopy in rectal cancer is still …