Open AccessIs the Increasing Rate of Local Excision for Stage I Rectal Cancer in the United States Justified?
Author(s) -
Y. Nancy You,
Nancy N. Baxter,
Andrew K. Stewart,
Heidi Nelson
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/01.sla.0000252590.95116.4f
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , perioperative , colorectal cancer , stage (stratigraphy) , cancer , surgery , confidence interval , urology , gastroenterology , paleontology , biology
Determine rates of local excision (LE) over time, and test the hypothesis that LE carries increased oncologic risks but reduced perioperative morbidity when compared with standard resection (SR).