Current considerations in colorectal cancer surgery

• Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world. The last decades improvement in survival in all stages of the disease has been achieved. Many factors contributes to this improvement; earlier diagnosis, better pre-operative staging, neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy, better surgical method and approach, introduction of pre- and postoperative multidisciplinary team conferences and adjuvant chemotherapy. Currently, new modalities are developing; robotics and organ preserving through wait-and-watch will give colorectal surgeons even more treatment options. This article highlights important aspects of colorectal cancer management now and in the future.

Subject headings

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Cancer och onkologi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Cancer and Oncology (hsv//eng)

Keyword

colorectal cancer

complete mesocolic excision surgery

minimally

invasive surgery

multidisciplinary team - conference

total mesorectal

excision surgery

wait-and-watch

total mesorectal excision

distal rectal-cancer

complete mesocolic

excision

inferior mesenteric-artery

short-term-outcomes

iii

colon-cancer

neoadjuvant chemoradiation

adjuvant chemotherapy

laparoscopic-surgery

resection margin

Oncology

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)