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Superior pathologic and clinical outcomes after minimally invasive rectal cancer resection, compared to open resection.

Grace C LeeLiliana G BordeianouTodd D FranconeLawrence S BlaszkowskyRobert N GoldstoneRocco RicciardiHiroko KunitakeMotaz Qadan
Published in: Surgical endoscopy (2019)
MIS approaches to rectal cancer resection were associated with improved pathologic and clinical outcomes when compared to the open approach. In this nationwide, facility-based sample of cancer cases in the United States, our data suggest superiority of MIS techniques for rectal cancer treatment.
Keyphrases
  • rectal cancer
  • locally advanced
  • minimally invasive
  • neoadjuvant chemotherapy
  • squamous cell carcinoma
  • radiation therapy
  • big data
  • squamous cell
  • machine learning
  • long term care
  • artificial intelligence