Akira Ouchi, Koji Komori, Tajika Masahiro, Kazuhiro Toriyama, Yoshiki Kajiwara, Shiro Oka, Yosuke Fukunaga, Kinichi Hotta, Hiroaki Ikematsu, Shunsuke Tsukamoto, Shinji Nagata, Kazutaka Yamada, Maki Konno, Soichiro Ishihara, Yusuke Saitoh, Kenji Matsuda, Kazutomo Togashi, Megumi Ishiguro, Toshio Kuwai, Takashi Okuyama, Akihiro Ohuchi, Shinobu Ohnuma, Kazuhiro Sakamoto, Tamotsu Sugai, Kenji Katsumata, Hiro-O Matsushita, Keisuke Nakai, Toshio Uraoka, Naohiko Akimoto, Hirotoshi Kobayashi, Yoichi Ajioka, Kenichi Sugihara, Hideki Ueno
OBJECTIVE: To investigate how omitting additional surgery after local excision (LE) affects patient outcomes in high-risk T1 colorectal cancer (CRC). BACKGROUND: It is debatable whether additional surgery should be performed for all patients with high-risk T1 CRC regardless of the tolerability of invasive procedures. METHODS: Patients who had received LE for T1 CRC at the Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum institutions between 2009 and 2016 were analyzed...
February 1, 2024: Annals of Surgery