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Right Sided Colon Cancer as a Distinct Histopathological Subtype with Reduced Prognosis.
Digestive surgery - 1 Jan 2016
Nitsche Ulrich, Stögbauer Fabian, Späth Christoph, Haller Bernhard, Wilhelm Dirk, Friess Helmut, Bader Franz G
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: Recent data suggest that tumors of the right and left colon should be distinguished as they differ in clinical and molecular characteristics. METHODS: A total of 1,319 patients who underwent surgical resection for colon cancer (CC) were investigated. Tumors between the ileocecal valve and the hepatic flexure were classified as right CC (RCC), tumors between the splenic flexure and the rectum as...
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