Is There a Difference in Survival Between Right- Versus Left-Sided Colon Cancers?
Meguid RA, Slidell MB, Wolfgang CL, Chang DC, Ahuja N. Is There a Difference in Survival Between Right- Versus Left-Sided Colon Cancers? Annals Of Surgical Oncology 2008, 15: 2388. PMID: 18622647, PMCID: PMC3072702, DOI: 10.1245/s10434-008-0015-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRight-sided colon cancerLeft-sided colon cancerProportional hazards regression analysisHazards regression analysisColon cancerMedian survivalCox proportional hazards regression analysisLongitudinal population-based databaseLong-term survival outcomesEnd Results Program databaseInvasive colon adenocarcinomaRight-sided cancersOverall median survivalLeft-sided cancersYear of diagnosisPopulation-based databaseRetrospective survival analysisSubset of subjectsRegression analysisSEER databaseSurgical resectionLymph nodesWorse prognosisSurvival outcomesTumor size