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Efficacy of proximal colectomy for surgical management of right-sided first colorectal cancer in Lynch Syndrome mutation carriers.
American journal of surgery - 1 Jul 2018
Hiatt Molly J, Casey Murray Joseph, Lynch Henry T, Snyder Carrie L, Stacey Mark, Walters Ryan W
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BACKGROUND: This study analyzes the occurrence of colorectal cancer (CRC) in Lynch syndrome (LS) mutation carriers, interval until diagnosis of metachronous CRC, and survival after proximal colectomy (PC) compared with total (TC) and subtotal colectomy (STC) for right-sided first CRC in LS mutation carriers. METHODS: Sixty-four LS mutation carriers with right-sided first CRC treated with PC or TC + STC were...
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