Sidedness is prognostic in locoregional colon cancer: an analysis of 9509 Australian patients
BMC Cancer, 2017 Background/Aim Right sided colon cancer (RsCC) is proposed to be a distinct disease entity to left sided colon cancer (LsCC). We seek to confirm primary tumour location as an independent prognostic factor in locoregional colorectal cancer.
Daniel Brungs +10 more
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Accuracy of i-Scan for Optical Diagnosis of Colonic Polyps: A Meta-Analysis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 i-Scan is a novel virtual chromoendoscopy system designed to enhance surface and vascular patterns to improve optical diagnostic performance. Numerous prospective studies have been done to evaluate the accuracy of i-Scan in differentiating colonic ...
Chuan-Guo Guo, Rui Ji, Yan-Qing Li
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Journal of Minimally Invasive Surgery, 2022 Various approaches can be used for performing laparoscopic right hemicolectomy for right-sided colon cancer. However, laparoscopic complete mesocolic excision with central vessel ligation using these approaches may sometimes present with difficulties of ...
Dae Ro Lim
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A task and performance analysis of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) surgery [PDF]
, 2019 BACKGROUND: ESD is an endoscopic technique for en bloc resection of gastrointestinal lesions. ESD is a widely-used in Japan and throughout Asia, but not as prevalent in Europe or the US.
Bayrak, Coskun +13 more
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Morphological and endoscopic diagnostic criteria of serrated adenomas of the colon
Российский журнал гастроэнтерологии, гепатологии, колопроктологии, 2016 The aim of review. To generalize literature data on endoscopic and morphological diagnostics of serrated adenomas of the colon. Key points. In 2010 a new variant of histological classification of colonic tumors have been accepted by WHO, according to ...
A. M. Nechipay +4 more
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A pooled analysis of risk factors of surgically treated leiomyosarcoma of the colon in adults
World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2020 Background This current systematic review aimed to evaluate the role of surgical management and risk factors by pooled cases from all identified patients with colonic leiomyosarcomas.
Yun Wang +5 more
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An Intestinal Lipoma Presenting as a Case of Intussusception [PDF]
International Journal of Anatomy Radiology and Surgery, 2017 Intussusception is a process of invagination of proximal bowel into distal part. Although, most of the cases in children are idiopathic. Neoplasms (benign or malignant) are the most common causes reported in the adults.
Ipsita Acharya, Sanjib Das
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Estradiol regulates miR-135b and mismatch repair gene expressions via estrogen receptor-β in colorectal cells. [PDF]
, 2012 Estrogen has anti-colorectal cancer effects which are thought to be mediated by mismatch repair gene (MMR) activity. Estrogen receptor (ER) expression is associated with microRNA (miRNA) expression in ER-positive tumors.
Fu, Lei +6 more
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Tracking accuracy evaluation of electromagnetic sensor-based colonoscope tracking method [PDF]
Computer-Assisted and Robotic Endoscopy, LNCS 9515, pp.101-108,
2015, 2022 This paper reports a detailed evaluation results of a colonoscope tracking method. A colonoscope tracking method utilizing electromagnetic sensors and a CT volume has been proposed. Tracking accuracy of this method was evaluated by using a colon phantom.
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A Case of Cecal Endometriosis Presenting as Subepithelial Tumor
The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology, 2016 Endometriosis is a benign gynecologic disease, characterized by the presence and growth of functional endometrial-like tissue outside uterus. This ectopic endometrial tissue is most commonly found in the peritoneum, ovaries and uterosacral ligaments, but
Min Sik Hwang +6 more
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