Colon Cancer Perforation Presenting as a Strangulating Ventral Hernia

Colorectal cancer remains the second leading cause of death from malignant disease. Despite improvements in the treatment modalities offered to patients, more than half of the operated patients die from the disease. The most common presenting symptoms of colonic carcinoma are changes in bowel habits...

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Main Authors: Pavlos Lampropoulos, Emmanouil Liarmakopoulos, Charalambos Markakis, Mavroudis Voultsos, Tammy Rosen Marinou, Athanasios Marinis, Andreas Hadjimarkou, Spyros Rizos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Oncology
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/335682