Laparoscopic colectomy for cancer is not inferior to open surgery based on 5-year data from the COST Study Group trial.
- Citation:
- Ann Surg vol 246 (4) 655-62; discussion 662-4
- Year:
- 2007
- Type:
- Manuscript
- Funding:
- NCTN
- Endpoint:
- Primary
- Analysis:
- Primary
- Data Sharing:
- No-Data-Sharing
- Status:
- Presented/Published
- Citation Status:
- pub
- Note:
- Methodological:
- No
- Biospecimen:
- No
- SDC:
- No
- Book Volume:
- Parents:
- 485
- Children:
- None
- Pharmas:
- Grants:
- CA12027, CA21115, CA25224, CA31946, CA32102CA77202, CA65157, U10 CA21661
- Corr. Author:
- Authors:
- James Fleshman Daniel J Sargent Erin Green Mehran Anvari Steven J Stryker Robert W Beart Michael Hellinger Richard Flanagan Walter Peters Heidi Nelson
- Networks:
- Study
- NCCTG-1515
- Multiple Studies, or Legacy Studies in Alliance Study:
- Phases:
- 3
- Keywords:
- Colectomy, Colonic Neoplasms, Disease-Free Survival, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Laparoscopy, Laparotomy, Liver Neoplasms, Lung Neoplasms, Neoplasm Metastasis, Neoplasm Recurrence, Local, Neoplasm Seeding, Prospective Studies, Survival Rate