Colon carcinoma - classification into right and left sided cancer or according to colonic subsite? - Analysis of 29 568 patients

Frank Benedix (1, 2) , Uwe Schmidt , Pawel Mroczkowski (1, 2) , Ingo Gastinger (2, 3) , Hans Lippert (1, 2) , Rainer Kube (2, 3)

1 Department of General
2 OVGU - Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg = Otto-von-Guericke University [Magdeburg]
3 Department of Surgery

It is common to distinguish between right and left colon cancer (RCC and LCC). But, little is known about the influence of its exact location on the tumor stage and characteristics when considering the colonic subsite within the right or left colon.

Mots clés: colon carcinoma; classification; colonic subsite; heterogeneous tumor; prognosis

Frank Benedix, Uwe Schmidt, Pawel Mroczkowski, Ingo Gastinger, Hans Lippert, et al.. Colon carcinoma - classification into right and left sided cancer or according to colonic subsite? - Analysis of 29 568 patients. EJSO - European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2011, 37 (2), pp.134. ⟨10.1016/j.ejso.2010.12.004⟩. ⟨hal-00663070⟩