Quality of surgery: has the time come for colon cancer?
Menée à partir de données portant sur 1 395 patients atteints d'un adénocarcinome du côlon de stade I à III et traités entre 2008 et 2011, cette étude évalue, du point de vue de la survie sans maladie à 4 ans, l'efficacité d'une exérèse mésocolique complète par rapport à une résection conventionnelle de la tumeur
Major improvements in outcomes for rectal cancer have occurred in the 30 years since the introduction of total mesorectal excision and multidisciplinary treatment.1 This situation should continue to improve with more radical surgery for low rectal cancer. Pioneering work by leaders of rectal cancer surgery was initially ignored and it took the independent reproduction of the improved outcomes in single hospital and small regional studies before large-scale regional and national training programmes led to major reductions in local recurrence, significant improvements in survival, and major financial savings occurred around the world.
The Lancet Oncology , commentaire, 2013