Distant Ureteral Metastasis from Colon Adenocarcinoma: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature by Ferakis Nikolaos, Anastasopoulos Panagiotis, Bouropoulos Konstantinos, Samaras Vassilios, Poulias Iraklis

“…We report a case of a right ureteral metastasis in a 65-year-old Caucasian male with a history of rectal cancer for which he had been treated 4 years before. …”
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Ureteroarterial Fistula by D. H. Kim, A. Mahdy, V. Mundra, M. Berman, G. M. Ghoniem

“…She had prior low anterior resection for rectal cancer and a retained ureteral stent. CT abdomen and pelvis showed a large recurrent pelvic mass and a retained stent. …”
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Robotic surgery in gastrointestinal surgery: History, current status, and challenges by Yu Liu, Qingyang Feng, Jianmin Xu

“…Especially in the field of colorectal cancer, the publication of research such as REAL has confirmed that robotic radical resection for rectal cancer has better short-term outcomes than laparoscopy. …”
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Factors Affecting the Prognosis after Primary Tumor Resection for Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer with Synchronous Peritoneal Metastasis: A Multi-center, Prospective, Ob... by Satoru Kagami, Kimihiko Funahashi, Hirotoshi Kobayashi, Kenjiro Kotake, Masayasu Kawasaki, Yusuke Kinugasa, Hideki Ueno, Kotaro Maeda, Takeshi Suto, Michio Itabashi, Heita Ozawa, Fumikazu Koyama, Shingo Noura, Hideyuki Ishida, Masayuki Ohue, Tomomichi Kiyomatsu, Soichiro Ishihara, Keiji Koda, Hideo Baba, Kenji Kawada, Yojiro Hashiguchi, Takanori Goi, Yuji Toiyama, Naohiro Tomita, Eiji Sunami, Fumihiko Fujita, Jun Watanabe, Kenichi Hakamada, Goro Nakayama, Kenichi Sugihara, Yoichi Ajioka

“…Factors including age 75 years, rectal cancer, presence of liver metastasis, increased PCI, non-curative resection, and non-treatment with systemic chemotherapy are associated with a reduced survival benefit from PTR.…”
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Identification of Key Genes and Pathways Involved in Circulating Tumor Cells in Colorectal Cancer by Ruijun Pan, Chaoran Yu, Yanfei Shao, Hiju Hong, Jing Sun, Zhou Zhang, Peiyong Li, Minhua Zheng

“…The correlation between CD4+ T cells and RPS14 (correlation=−0.5) was the highest in colon cancer while CD8+ T and RPS2 (correlation=−0.53) was the highest in rectal cancer. Conclusion. This study identified potential role of ribosome pathway in CTC, providing further insightful therapeutic targets and biomarkers for CRC.…”
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Effects of Permissive Hypercapnia on Laparoscopic Surgery for Rectal Carcinoma by Lei Wang, Lina Yang, Jing Yang, Shiqiang Shan

“…Permissive hypercapnia with a PaCO2 level of 56-65 mmHg was able to improve respiratory function after laparoscopic surgery in rectal cancer patients.…”
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EMFF-Net: Edge-Enhancement Multi-Scale Feature Fusion Network by Xuhui Guan, Jiwang Zhou, Jian Chen, Xiaodan Xu, Yizhang Jiang, Kaijian Xia

“…According to medical research, colorectal polyps are considered typical precancerous lesions, making colonoscopic polyp images crucial for the early diagnosis of rectal cancer. However, variations in polyp size and shape, texture inconsistencies, and boundary ambiguities often pose significant challenges for polyp segmentation. …”
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Seromuscular Colonic Flap for Intrapelvic Soft-Tissue Coverage: A Reconstructive Option for Plastic Surgeons When Traditionally Used Flaps Are Not Available by Johnathon Aho, Sebastian Winocour, Ziyad S. Hammoudeh, Heidi Nelson, Peter Rose, Nho V. Tran

“…A case of a patient that underwent pelvic extirpation for recurrent rectal cancer who had limited donor sites for flap reconstruction is presented. …”
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A re-look at the modified Ryan regression scoring system in esophageal cancer—validation of prognostic significance and comparison with other less commonly used systems by Paromita Roy, Rupanita Biswal, Sayali N. Honap, Robin Thambudorai, Tapesh Bhattacharyya, Indranil Mallick

“…We aim to assess the TRG using modified Ryan and seven other systems (Mandard, Chireac, Swisher, Japanese esophageal society guidelines, modified rectal cancer regression grading (mRCRG), CROSS, and Becker) to evaluate their reproducibility and role as a prognostic marker. …”
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Morphological aspects of cell-based reconstruction of rectal mucosa at surgical treatment of familial adenomatosis coli by Ye. A. Kogan, D. V. Vyshegorodtsev, N. M. Faizullina, T. A. Demura, A. M. Kuzminov, Yu. A. Shelygin, G. T. Sukhikh

“…Original method can be applied for treatment of FAC as it delays polyps and rectal cancer development for many years.…”
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A case report of benzodiazepine withdrawal delirium due to accidental discontinuation of benzodiazepines in cancer perioperative period by Junji Yamaguchi, Ryoichi Sadahiro, Saho Wada, Eri Nishikawa, Tatsuto Terada, Rika Nakahara, Hiromichi Matsuoka

“…Case Presentation A man in his late 70s was diagnosed with rectal cancer and had a history of taking etizolam and alprazolam for over 15 years. …”
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Predictive and Prognostic Factors of Synchronous Colorectal Lung-Limited Metastasis by Yuqiang Li, Zhongyi Zhou, Da Liu, Ming Zhou, Fengbo Tan, Wenxue Liu, Hong Zhu

“…As the nomogram shown, the T4 stage contributed the most to SCLLM, followed by the N2 stage, elevated CEA, and rectal cancer. A multivariate regression analysis discriminated 9 independent prognostic factors, including age, race, marital status, pathological grade, T stage, colectomy/proctectomy, chemotherapy, CEA, and TD. …”
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Does stapled colorectal anastomosis in anterior resection always guarantee restoration of intestinal continuity? by P. V. Tsarkov, A. Yu. Kravchenko, I. A. Tulina, P. B. Tsugulya

“…When sphincter-sparing operations are performed for all stages of rectal cancer the most essential risk factors of non-closure of stoma were progression of disease and chemotherapy treatment and patient death related to it, and patient’s death.…”
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Clinical Effect of Preservation or Nonpreservation of Left Colic Artery in Total Mesorectal Excision under Laparoscopy: A Meta-analysis by Jiefeng Liu, Yujing Gong, Miao He, Xinyu Zeng, Yiping Liu

“…Methods. The words, like “rectal cancer,” “left colonic artery,” and “laparoscopy,” were used as the retrieval terms, and the keyword retrieval method was adopted. …”
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The up-regulation of SPTAN1 expression in Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is associated with tumor immune invasion and poor clinical prognosis by Wei Guo, LingYu Hu, ZhaoFeng Gao, XiaoRong Liu, XiaoDan Yang, XiaoGuang Wang

“…More and more studies have shown that SPTAN1 may be involved in the development and progression of a variety of tumors, including rectal cancer, Pancreatic adenocarcinoma, etc., and may affect their prognosis. …”
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Three Cases of Pseudo-Meigs’ Syndrome Secondary to Ovarian Metastases from Colorectal Cancer by Yuta Yamamoto, Yusuke Miyagawa, Takehito Ehara, Makoto Koyama, Satoshi Nakamura, Daisuke Takeuchi, Futoshi Muranaka, Masato Kitazawa, Shinichi Miyagawa

“…In case 3, the patient developed a massive pleural effusion and ascites coincident with a rapid enlargement of ovarian tumor after resection and adjuvant chemotherapy for rectal cancer. In all cases, pleural effusions and/or ascites resolved and general conditions and daily activities of the patients improved after oophorectomy. …”
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Could Total Colectomy with Ileorectal Anastomosis Be an Alternative to Total Proctocolectomy with Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis in Selected Ulcerative Colitis Patients? by Francesco Tonelli, Carmela Di Martino, Francesco Giudici

“…Failure of IRA occurred in 19 patients (15.1%); in 12 patients (9.5%), failure was related to severe proctitis, in 3 patients (2.4%), it was related to the development of high-grade dysplasia, and in 4 patients (3.2%), it was related to the development of rectal cancer. About functional results, stool consistency [liquid (6.7% of IRA patients versus 29% of IPAA patients; p=0.003)], daily soiling (0% versus 6%; p=0.01), and nocturnal soiling (6% versus 25.5%; p=0.03) were statistically different. …”
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Circulating Oxidized Low-Density Lipoproteins and Antibodies against Oxidized Low-Density Lipoproteins as Potential Biomarkers of Colorectal Cancer by Dorota Diakowska, Krzysztof Grabowski, Mirosław Nienartowicz, Paweł Zarębski, Kamila Fudalej, Krystyna Markocka-Mączka

“…Concentration of o-LAB was significantly higher in colon cancer than in rectal cancer, especially when the cancer was located in the right section of colon. …”
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Post-rectectomy choice of preventive intestinal stoma formation method: prospective multicenter randomized clinical trial protocol by P. V. Tsarkov, I. A. Tulina, P. B. Tsugulya, V. S. Kochetkov, S. V. Khmelik

“…Modern surgery for the rectal cancer is featured by preferential sphincter-preserving operations. …”
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Pathway Of Low Anterior Resection syndrome (LARS) relief after Surgery (POLARiS): protocol for an international, open-label, multi-arm, phase 3 randomised superiority trial within... by Deborah D Stocken, Charles H Knowles, Jared Torkington, David Jayne, Julie Hepburn, Laura Knight, Neil Corrigan, Julie Cornish, Katie Gordon, Ashley Douglas, Kate Wilson, Megan Dale, Julie Croft, Christina Lloydwin, Alexandra Harriet Coxon-Meggy, Judith White, Alun Meggy, Aaron Quyn, Emily Farrow, Kheng-Seong Ng, Hannah Mather, Huey Yi Chong, Betty Tan, Ralph Powell, Andrea Warwick

“…Introduction As a result of improving survival rates, the adverse consequences of rectal cancer surgery are becoming increasingly recognised. …”
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