Recurrence and colon cancer-specific death in patients with large bowel obstruction requiring urgent operation: a competing risks analysis.
Katie AdamsPierre H ChapuisAnil KeshavaMatthew J F X RickardPeter StewartMichael SuenCharles ChanOwen F DentPublished in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2021)
Whilst the immediate clinical challenge of an individual patient presenting with large bowel obstruction must be addressed by the surgeon, the patient's long-term oncological outcomes are unrelated to obstruction per se.