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Recent News and Articles on the Keywords: minimally invasive + colorectal cancer + colorectal  Related to the article below (Last Update: 5/5/2008)

Sirtex Supports the Fourth Annual Clinical Symposium on Liver ...
Business Wire (press release), CA - Apr 24, 2008
Sirtex manufactures SIR-Spheres? microspheres, the only FDA-approved microsphere therapy for colorectal cancer that metastasizes to the liver. ...ASX:SRX
Sirtex Receives FDA Approval for FAST Clinical Trial
Earthtimes, UK - Apr 15, 2008
Eligible participants must be 18 years or older with histological proof of metastatic colorectal cancer to the liver, have an ECOG score of one or less and ...ASX:SRX
Laparoscopic Liver Resection
RMGH Health News, CA - Apr 9, 2008
Minimally invasive surgery has transformed the approach of many surgical procedures, reducing associated pain, hospital length of stay, and achieving ...
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Long-term results of curative resection of ?minimally invasive? colorectal cancer -
K Hase, CH Shatney, H Mochizuki, DL Johnson, S … - Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, 1995 - Springer
... METHODS: Seventy-nine patients who underwent curative resection of minimally invasive
colorectal cancer and were followed for at least five years were studied ...

Minimally Invasive Surgery for Colorectal Cancer: Initial Follow-Up. -
GC Hoffman, JW Baker, JB Doxey, GW Hubbard, WK … - Annals of Surgery, 1996 - annalsofsurgery.com
... Annals of Surgery: Volume 223(6) June 1996 pp 790-798. Minimally Invasive
Surgery for Colorectal Cancer: Initial Follow-Up. Hoffman ...

Colonoscopic Diagnosis and Management of Nonpolypoid Early Colorectal Cancer -
S Kudo, H Kashida, T Tamura, E Kogure, Y Imai, H … - World Journal of Surgery, 2000 - Springer
... With noninvasive or minimally invasive cancers, the normal ... to differentiate an invasive
carcinoma from a ... diagnosis of early colorectal cancer, especially the ...

… for Predicting Recurrence After Hepatic Resection for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: Analysis of 1001 … -
Y Fong, J Fortner, RL Sun, MF Brennan, LH Blumgart - Annals of Surgery, 1999 - annalsofsurgery.com
... ensure that patients selected for surgery benefit from such invasive therapy ... a large
recent experience of liver resection for metastatic colorectal cancer at a ...

Laparoscopic-assistedvs. open surgery for colorectal cancer -
PM Hewitt, SM Ip, SPY Kwok, SS Somers, K Li, KL … - Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, 1998 - Springer
... the question of whether a minimally invasive approach would benefit patients with
cancer in the ... trial in "all-comers" with colorectal malignancy suitable ...

Laparoscopic surgery for the cure of colorectal cancer -
THK Schiedeck, O Schwandner, I Baca, E Baehrlehner … - Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, 2000 - Springer
... minimally-invasive approach may not result in a higher incidence of cancer ... a prospective
registry of laparo- scopic surgery for colorectal cancer are, therefore ...

Clinical outcome of surgical treatment for invasive early colorectal cancer in Japan. -
K Kitamura, H Taniguchi, T Yamaguchi, K Sawai, T … - Hepatogastroenterology, 1997 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
... CONCLUSION: Minimally invasive surgery such as laparoscopic colectomy should be
performed on patients with invasive early colorectal cancer when it is ...

Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery for Cancer -
J Lumley, R Stitz, A Stevenson, G Fielding, A Luck - Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, 2002 - Springer
... closed colorectal cancer resections to settle this question. Regardless of this,
the ongoing debate regarding the appropriateness of minimally invasive methods ...

Colorectal cancer -
TM Khalili, PR Fleshner, JR Hiatt, TP Sokol, C … - Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, 1998 - Springer
... Cancer, n Time Hospitalization (min) Nodes Loss (ml) (days) (days) Phillips et
al. ... Minimally invasive colon resection (laparoscopic colectomy). ...

… Following Laparoscopic-Assisted Colectomy vs Open Colectomy for Colon Cancer: A Randomized Trial -
JC Weeks, H Nelson, S Gelber, D Sargent, G … - JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 2002 - jama.waldenu.edu
... LAC) has emerged as the preferred minimally invasive surgical strategy for diseases
of the colon. The safety and efficacy of LAC for colon cancer are unknown ...
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Colorectal Cancer Patients Benefit From Stent Placement In Minimally Invasive Procedure

Colorectal cancer patients can benefit from a minimally invasive endoscopic stent procedure that reduces their hospital stay and reduces the future risk of several surgeries, according to a medical journal article published by a Houston surgeon in October of this year.

A non-surgical alternative for colon obstruction was reported as beneficial for patient care and hospital costs in the October issue of Contemporary Surgery by colorectal surgeon Eric M. Haas, MD, of Colorectal Surgery Associates in Houston.

"Colorectal cancer patients often have colon obstructions that cause emergency health problems," according to Dr. Haas, "The patient can have a variety of life-threatening health problems and emergency surgery often carries high morbidity and mortality. We studied a variety of non-surgical alternatives to managing colon blockages and found stent (SEMS) implantation with a minimally invasive approach to be the best alternative for the patient."

Without immediate treatment, patients can suffer from a variety of side effects which carry high health risks. According to the published results, stenting procedures benefit the patient with lowered hospital costs, shorter hospitalizations, fewer operations, lower anesthesia costs and a shorter ICU stay.

Both colorectal surgeons and gastroenterologists utilize endoscopy to place the stents. Endoscopy is a minimally invasive medical procedure that allows a surgeon to look inside the human body with a flexible tube called an endoscope. The procedure allows the surgeon to see through the body's passageways and uses a fiber optics system that provides images which can be recorded.

In the stenting procedure, the endoscope can pass through the colon obstruction and help identify the location and extent of the problem. "These new procedures assist surgeons in pinpointing the exact location of lesions and tumors, providing a less invasive approach and faster recovery for the patient," according to Dr. Haas.

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