Does Local Excision Without Salvage Surgery Affect the Prognostic Outcome of Patients With Malignant Colorectal Polyp? A Long‐Term Survival Analysis
Vienna Man Wah Ng, Simon Chu, Anson Huen Yan Chan, Sok Fei Hon, Simon Siu Man Ng · 2026
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Vienna Man Wah Ng and co-authors followed patients in 2026 who had early bowel cancer snipped out through the bowel wall, asking whether a follow-up salvage operation truly lifts long-term survival. Two hospitals kept records from 2000 to 2022, which yielded 309 patients. Matched pairs with like risk profiles formed the core test, at seventy-nine pairs.
Eight-year freedom from disease, death from cancer, and overall survival all ran close between the snip-only group and the snip-plus-surgery group, with no firm gaps. Cutting the growth out in pieces and holding two or more tissue risk marks each spelled worse freedom from disease on their own. One risk mark alone carried no such weight. The authors back snip-only care as a safe pick when risk reads stay low.
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| CREATOR | Vienna Man Wah Ng, Simon Chu, Anson Huen Yan Chan, Sok Fei Hon, Simon Siu Man Ng |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39295 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |