Volume 32, Number 2

March 2003

Recent Advances in the Total Management of Colorectal Cancer

Considerable improvements in the survival and outcome of colorectal carcinoma have been made in recent years. These have been the result of advances in...

Surgical Management of Colorectal Metastases to the Liver

Colorectal carcinoma is the second commonest cancer in both males and females in Singapore, accounting for about 15% of all cancer cases. The liver...

Flat and Depressed Lesions of the Colon and Rectum: Pathogenesis and Clinical Management

It was previously thought that the vast majority of colorectal cancers were derived from polypoid adenomas. However, several investigators have noted that most colorectal...

Total Mesorectal Excision (TME) – Twenty Years On

In 1982, Heald et al1 at the Basingstoke District General Hospital introduced the concept of total mesorectal excision (TME) as a means of performing...

Practical Issues in Adjuvant Therapy for Rectal Cancer

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