Short-term outcomes after primary total mesorectal excision (TME) versus local excision followed by completion TME for early rectal cancer: population-based propensity-matched study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Colorectal cancer screening programmes have led to a shift towards early-stage colorectal cancer, which, in selected cases, can be treated using local excision. However, local excision followed by completion total mesorectal excision (two-stage approach) may be associated with less favourable outcomes than primary total mesorectal excision (one-stage approach). The aim of this population study was to determine the distribution of treatment strategies for early rectal cancer in the Netherlands and to compare the short-term outcomes of primary total mesorectal excision with those of local excision followed by completion total mesorectal excision.

Methods

Short-term data for patients with cT1-2 N0xM0 rectal cancer who underwent local excision only, primary total meso

SUBMITTER: van Lieshout AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11375580 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature