In the SEER colon cancer analysis, patients with T4N1 lesions have 5-year observed survival (39.6% ± 0.8%) similar to that of patients with T3N2 (38.1% ± 0.6%) or T4N2 (21.7% ± 0.9%) lesions. Patients ...
colectomy is less invasive particularly when performed for proximal colon lesions. Similarly, laparoscopic surgery is far less invasive than conventional laparotomy and is more advantageous than ...