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Prognostic Impact of pT Stage and Peritoneal Invasion in Locally Advanced Colon Cancer
2019
BACKGROUND: TNM stage has been identified as an independent variable for local recurrence and survival after colon cancer resection. It is still unclear whether peritoneal invasion (pT4a) is a risk factor for adverse oncologic outcome or whether these patients have better results compared with contiguous organs infiltration (pT4b), independent from nodal status (pN). OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to analyze whether peritoneal invasion is an independent risk factor for worse oncologic outcome after curative colon cancer resection. DESIGN: This was a retrospective analysis with multivariate regression of a prospective database, according to Strengthening the Reporting of Observatio…