Colonic stent placement as a bridge to surgery shows similar survival to emergency resection while reducing stoma rates in obstructive colorectal cancer.

The largest randomised trial to examine the effectiveness of two surgical interventions for treating acute malignant bowel obstruction, a common symptom of patients with colorectal cancer, suggests ...

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Association of genetic variants in plastin family genes with tumor recurrence in stage II/III colon cancer. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2012 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not ...

A multinational study led by researchers at Stanford Medicine has found that the risks of major complications after stenting or bypass surgery are similar, even several years out. The risk of death ...