Open AccessManagement of colorectal polyp cancers
Author(s) -
Syeda Fatima Naqvi,
Susan Burroughs,
H S Chave,
Graham Branagan
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
annals of the royal college of surgeons of england
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.39
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1478-7083
pISSN - 0035-8843
DOI - 10.1308/003588412x13373405387771
Subject(s) - medicine , resection margin , lymphovascular invasion , adverse effect , surgery , lymph node , retrospective cohort study , polypectomy , surgical margin , colorectal cancer , resection , radiology , cancer , metastasis , colonoscopy
Management of malignant colorectal polyps is controversial. The options are resection or surveillance. Resection margin status is accepted as an independent predictor of adverse outcome. However, the rate of adverse outcome in polyps with a resection margin of <1mm has not been investigated.