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Assess the five-year oncological and survival outcomes of laparoscopically assisted surgery compared with conventional open surgery in patients with colorectal cancer.

July 13, 2010British journal of surgeryOpen Access

Five-year follow-up of the Medical Research Council CLASICC trial of laparoscopically assisted versus open surgery for colorectal cancer

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DJDavid JayneKarunya University HTH. ThorpeSt Bartholomew's Hospital JCJoanne CopelandMRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL

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Randomized trial reports five-year survival and recurrence after laparoscopic or open resection in colorectal cancer, indicating long-term oncological equivalence between techniques.

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Assess the five-year oncological and survival outcomes of laparoscopically assisted surgery compared with conventional open surgery in patients with colorectal cancer.
Multicenter randomized clinical trial (MRC CLASICC trial, ISRCTN74883561) allocating patients with colorectal cancer to either laparoscopically assisted or open surgical resection.
Patients underwent regular clinical follow-up for a total duration of five years postoperatively to monitor oncological status.
Primary long-term endpoints analyzed at five years include overall survival, disease-free survival, and local recurrence rates between surgical arms.
The five-year follow-up provides qualitative comparison of therapeutic equivalence and cancer recurrence risk between laparoscopic and open approaches without numerical data reported in the abstract.

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Jayne et al. (2010) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d7ed6ca2a48916bbbee604 https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.7160

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Randomized trial reports five-year survival and recurrence after laparoscopic or open resection in colorectal cancer, indicating long-term oncological equivalence between techniques.

Five-year follow-up of the Medical Research Council CLASICC trial of laparoscopically assisted versus open surgery for colorectal cancer

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Five-year follow-up of the Medical Research Council CLASICC trial of laparoscopically assisted versus open surgery for colorectal cancer

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