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Right and Left Colon Cancer: Clinico-Pathological Features and Treatment Results (South Egypt
Cancer Institute Experience)

Research Authors
Ashraf Zeidan, Matta Gerges, Shimaa H. Shaban, Mayada Fawzy
Research Member
Research Department
Research Year
2020
Research Journal
Journal of Cancer Therapy
Research Publisher
NULL
Research Vol
NULL
Research Rank
1
Research_Pages
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Research Website
https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation.aspx?paperid=101638
Research Abstract

We found that right and left-sided colon cancers are different from each other in terms of age at diagnosis, presenting symptoms, aim of surgery, stage at diagnosis, response to first-line chemotherapy, and causes of death. Several recent international studies support the findings of our work and nowadays there is a global trend towards considering right and left-sided colon cancer as two distinct disease entities. Further research and multi-institutional studies should be done worldwide for providing more evidence of the impact of colon cancer sidedness with special emphasis on molecular phenotype and effect of targeted therapy and immunotherapy on survival outcomes.