Background: Oncologic resection techniques affect outcome for colon cancer and rectal
cancer, but standardized guidelines have not been adopted. The National Cancer Institute …

Over the past 3 years, colorectal surgeons have begun to adapt the technique of transanal
total mesorectal excision. As international experience has been quickly forged, an improved …

Metastasis is the major cause of mortality in cancer disease and still constitutes one of the
most controversial mechanism, not yet fully understood. What is almost beyond doubt is that …

Background Lymphovascular ligation before tumour manipulation during colorectal cancer
resection is termed the'no-touch isolation'technique. It aims to reduce the intra-operative …

The detection of free, circulating tumor DNA in the plasma of cancer patients opens up new
possibilities for the diagnosis and prognostication of cancer. Whatever might be the …

Background and Aims: Circulating tumor cells in peripheral blood may be detected using
high-sensitivity molecular techniques in several types of solid neoplasms, but their …

Background Many studies have attempted to detect cancer cells using the reverse
transcription–polymerase chain reaction (RT–PCR) for specific mRNAs. None has examined …

Complexity and operative risks of complete mesocolic excision (CME) seem to be important
drawbacks to generalize this procedure in the surgical treatment of right colon cancer …

Laparoscopic surgery for treatment of colorectal cancer has been suggested to enhance
tumor dissemination. Recently, molecular techniques have been developed to detect …

Objective To explore the influence of the no-touch isolation technique (NTIT) on oncologic
outcomes for patients with colon cancer (CC) undergoing curative surgery. Background …