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Surgical Management of Colon Cancer

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  • The two most important prognostic indicators for colon cancer remain the degree of bowel wall invasion and status of the lymph nodes. This supports the importance of adequate locoregional oncological principles when performing curative resections of colon cancer.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Barnes Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Ave, Ste 14102 Q, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA

    Matthew Mutch MD

  2. Division of Colorectal Surgery, Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA

    Christina Cellini MD

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

    David E. Beck

  2. Department of Colorectal Surgery Digestive Disease Center, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Florida, USA

    Steven D. Wexner

  3. Department of Colorectal Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Tracy L. Hull

  4. Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA

    Patricia L. Roberts

  5. Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center Professor of Surgery, Head, Maywood, Illinois, USA

    Theodore J. Saclarides

  6. Chairman, Surgical Disciplines, Central Michigan University School of Medicine, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, USA

    Anthony J. Senagore

  7. Department of Surgery John E. Connolly Chair, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, California, USA

    Michael J. Stamos

  8. University of Washington Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center Department of Colon & Rectal Surgery, Fort Lewis, Washington, USA

    Scott R. Steele

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Mutch, M., Cellini, C. (2014). Surgical Management of Colon Cancer. In: Beck, D., et al. The ASCRS Manual of Colon and Rectal Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8450-9_41

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