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Surgical Treatment of Colorectal Cancer

Surgical treatment of colorectal cancer is the operative removal of malignant tissue from the colon or rectum, together with its draining lymphatic territory, and remains the principal route to cure in disease that has not spread beyond resectable limits. The aim is complete excision of the primary tumour with adequ…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 10 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 32× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2471-7061 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Surgical treatment of colorectal cancer is the operative removal of malignant tissue from the colon or rectum, together with its draining lymphatic territory, and remains the principal route to cure in disease that has not spread beyond resectable limits. The aim is complete excision of the primary tumour with adequate margins and regional nodes, restoring intestinal continuity where feasible and controlling local and distant recurrence. The articles assembled here reflect the breadth of surgical practice and its supporting evidence. They address restoration of bowel continuity after emergency Hartmann's procedure, complex reconstruction in multivisceral pelvic resection using myocutaneous flaps and mesh reinforcement, and inhibition of metastatic spread through molecular mechanisms in resected tumours. Others situate surgery within the wider care pathway: perioperative cardiac risk prediction in patients undergoing colorectal resection, the precursor lesions and carcinogenic pathways that surgery must address, and screening and diagnostic approaches that determine which patients reach operation and at what stage. Together they show surgical management as one component of a multidisciplinary strategy, where operative technique, patient selection, perioperative risk assessment, and early detection through screening jointly determine outcomes, and where curative resection is most achievable when the disease is identified before regional or distant dissemination.

Research published in this journal

10 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 10 articles above have been cited 32 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Surgical Treatment of Colorectal Cancer, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Colon And Rectal Cancer (ISSN 2471-7061).

Journal editorial board
Frank A. Frizelle · New Zealand Gennaro Galizia · Italy Tamotsu Tsukahara · Japan

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