Laparoscopic Colectomy for Cancer Is Not Inferior to Open Surgery Based on 5-Year Data From the COST Study Group Trial

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Authors

James W. Fleshman · Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital

Daniel J. Sargent · Mayo Clinic in Arizona

Erin Green · Mayo Clinic in Arizona

Mehran Anvari · McMaster University

Steven J. Stryker · Northwestern University

Robert W. Beart · University of Southern California

Michael Hellinger

Abstract

Laparoscopic colectomy for curable colon cancer is not inferior to open surgery based on long-term oncologic endpoints from a prospective randomized trial.

Topics & Keywords

Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Annals of Surgery

Volume 246, Issue 4, pp. 655-664

DOI: 10.1097/sla.0b013e318155a762

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