Right-side tumors at a high risk for relapse exhibit elevated expression of cell cycle control genes and elevated Wnt signaling. On the other hand, relapse-prone left-side tumors show elevated expression of genes that promote stromal expansion and reduced expression of tumor suppressor genes that ...
This study aims to compare oncologic and QOL outcomes between right colon, left colon, and rectal cancer in patients operated on in a single high-volume institution. Methods A prospectively maintained database was queried to identify patients with pathological stages I–III colorectal adenocarcinoma ...
Colonoscopies do not have blind spots - they reduce risk not only on the left side of the colon, but also on the right side, researchers from the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg revealed in an article published in . These latest findings contradict some prior studies which ...
A new report published online byJAMA Oncologyreviewed medical literature to examine the prognostic role of a primary colon cancer tumor being located on the left vs. right side. It has been suggested that localization ofcolon canceron either the right or left side may influence prognosis because ...
thetransverse coloncrosses the abdominal cavity from right to left below the stomach and then bends downward to become the descending colon; thedescending colonthen extends downward along the left side of the abdomen, and at the brim of the pelvis it becomes thesigmoid colon,an S-shaped curve ...
Background Right-sided colorectal cancer (CRC) has worse survival than does left-sided CRC. The objective of this study was to further assess the impact of right-side location on survival and the role of the extent of lymphadenectomy. Methods All CRCs diagnosed between 2000 and 2012 in Emilia...
8.1 Obstructive Right Colon Cancer (ORCC) Mege et al. in a multicenter study on 2325 patients with obstructive colon cancer (ORCC) divided into right- and left-sided, showed that patients with ORCC were older, frailer, and more associated with worse prognosis although tumor resection and ana...
transference - (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense mechanism, defense reaction...
Twitter Google Share on Facebook descending colon Dictionary Thesaurus Medical Wikipedia Related to descending colon:ascending colon,sigmoid colon [di′send·iŋ ′kōl·ən] (anatomy) The portion of the colon on the left side, extending from the bend below the spleen to the sigmoid flexure....
The ileocecal valve is 5 cm above the cecal pole, on the medial wall of the right colon, usually on the left side of the colonoscopic field of vision. The valve takes the form of a transversally elongatedmouthand is generally situated on the margin of one of the crow'sfootfolds. The...