S3-Guidelines Colorectal Cancer 2004

Colorectal Cancer Surgical Practice Guidelines

The Society of Surgical Oncology surgical practice guidelines focus on the signs and symptoms of primary cancer, timely evaluation of the symptomatic patient, appropriate preoperative evaluation for extent of disease, and role of the surgeon in diagnosis and treatment. Separate sections on adjuvant therapy, follow-up programs, or management of recurrent cancer have been intentionally omitted. W...

RAS-testing in colorectal cancer: Belgian guidelines

There is an urgent need for predictive biomarkers in several cancers. In colorectal cancers, KRAS exon 2 mutation analyses were mandatory when considering anti-epidermal growth factor antibody therapy with agents such as cetuximab or panitumumab. However, since the introduction of this testing, a cohort of patients still did not appear to benefit from this therapy. Recently, additional testing ...

Updated Canadian colorectal cancer screening guidelines.

www.thelancet.com/oncology Published online February 25, 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(16)00139-X 1 Updated Canadian guidelines recommend that low-risk adults aged 50 to 74 years should be screened for colorectal cancer with faecal occult blood testing (FOBT) or faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) every 2 years, or fl exible sigmoidoscopy every 10 years, rather than colonoscopy. The...

Colorectal cancer. Summary of Canadian screening guidelines.

T full version of the Canadian colorectal cancer screening guidelines has been published in the Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology.1 The guidelines were prepared collaboratively by the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (CAG), the Canadian Digestive Health Foundation (CDHF), and the Canadian Society of Primary Care Gastroenterology (CanGut). The technical report of Health Canada’s Natio...

Guidelines for the Management of Colorectal Cancer