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Screen-detected colon cancer leads to better outcomes.

Long-term outcomes for screen-detected right-sided colon cancer patients significantly outperformed those of symptomatic cases. In a cohort of 909 patients, screen-detected individuals exhibited higher rates of early-stage lesions, achieving 98% R0 resection compared to lower rates in elective (93.3%) and emergency cases (79.4%). After five years, survival rates were 85.4% for screen-detected patients compared to 75.4% and 53.1% for elective and emergency cases, respectively. Recurrence rates also favored the screen-detected group at 8%.

Journal Article by Lucocq J, Trinder T (…) Muthukumarasamy G et 4 al. in World J Surg

© 2024 The Author(s). World Journal of Surgery published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of International Society of Surgery/Société Internationale de Chirurgie (ISS/SIC).

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