Obstruction is associated with perineural invasion in T3/T4 colon cancer.

Hiroaki NozawaT MorikawaK KawaiK HataT TanakaT NishikawaK SasakiY ShunoM KanekoM HiyoshiS EmotoK MuronoH SonodaM FukayamaS Ishihara

Published in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2019)

Our results suggest that obstruction is associated with PNI and consequently contributes to an increased postoperative recurrence in colon cancer.

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