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[The 'Colon cancer laparoscopic or open resection' (COLOR) trial]
P Wittich1, G Kazemier, W R Schouten
1afd. Algemene Heelkunde, Academisch Ziekenhuis Rotterdam-Dijkzigt.
Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde
|April 18, 1998
Abstract:
The value of laparoscopic surgery for colorectal malignancy as compared with open surgery will be determined in the COLOR-trial. The disease-free survival time is the primary end point. Twenty-one hospitals in the Netherlands and Scandinavia will participate in the trial. In the COLOR trial 1500 patients with colon carcinoma will be randomised for either a laparoscopic or open colon resection.