Surgical planes of dissection influence survival in patients treated for colon cancer

Access through your institution Buy or subscribe West NP _ et al_. (2008) Pathology grading of colon cancer surgical resection and its association with survival: a retrospective

observational study. _Lancet. Oncol_ 9: 857–865 Outcomes for patients with colon cancer can be greatly improved by high-quality surgery, especially if the entire mesocolon is removed,

because it contains many of the likely routes of metastatic tumor spread. Clinical trials have shown that the identification of surgical planes can predict local recurrence. West _ et al_.

hypothesized that removal of the mesocolon or colonic mesentery could increase the chance of complete eradication of a colonic cancer, and that grading the plane of surgery predicts the

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