Identification of patient subgroups with unfavorable long-term outcomes associated with laparoscopic surgery in a randomized controlled trial comparing open and laparoscopic surgery for colon cancer (Japan Clinical Oncology Group Study JCOG0404).
Shuji SaitoTomonori AkagiHiroshi KatayamaMasashi WakabayashiMasafumi InomataSeiichiro YamamotoMasaaki ItoYusuke KinugasaHiroyuki EgiYasuhiro MunakataYukihito KokubaHiroyuki BandoMasayoshi YasuiMasataka IkedaKentaro NakajimaDai ShidaYukihide KanemitsuSeigo Kitanonull nullPublished in: Annals of gastroenterological surgery (2021)
Although LAP is an acceptable optional treatment for stage II/III colon cancer, the present subgroup analysis suggests that high BMI (>25 kg/m2), pT4, and pN2 except for RS were factors associated with unfavorable long-term outcomes of LAP in patients with colon cancer who underwent curative resection. (JCOG 0404: NCT00147134/UMIN-CTR: C000000105.).