Is Additional Surgery Necessary After Non-Curative Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Early Colorectal Cancer?

Is Additional Surgery Necessary After Non-Curative Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Early Colorectal Cancer?

Background Although endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is considered to be a curative treatment for early colorectal cancer, additional surgery with lymph node dissection is routinely recommended for patients treated in non-curative ESD, owing to the risk of residual cancer and lymph node metast...

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Main Authors: Pu Cheng, Zhao Lu, Mingguang Zhang, Haipeng Chen, Zhixing Guo, Zhaoxu Zheng, Xishan Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2021-07-01
Series:Journal of Investigative Surgery
Subjects:
endoscopic submucosal dissection
additional surgery
colorectal cancer
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08941939.2019.1697770

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