Open AccessSurgical Treatment for Digestive Cancer
Author(s) -
Kiyotaka Okuno
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
digestive surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.762
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1421-9983
pISSN - 0253-4886
DOI - 10.1159/000101897
Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal cancer , lymphadenectomy , cancer , rectum , stage (stratigraphy) , surgery , dissection (medical) , radical surgery , general surgery , gastroenterology , paleontology , biology
Due to the westernization of the diet in Japan, the incidence of colorectal cancer has increased 4.5 times in the last 25 years. In this review, the recent results of surgical treatment for colonic cancer and the future perspectives in Japan are described.
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