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World J Gastrointest Surg. Apr 27, 2013; 5(4): 104-109
Published online Apr 27, 2013. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v5.i4.104
Published online Apr 27, 2013. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v5.i4.104
Clinical presentation predicts the outcome of patients with colon cancer
Offir Ben-Ishay, Zvi Peled, Amira Othman, Eran Brauner, Yoram Kluger, Department of General Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa 33271, Israel
Offir Ben-Ishay, Zvi Peled, Amira Othman, Eran Brauner, Yoram Kluger, the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 33271, Israel
Author contributions: Ben-Ishay O contributed to conception, design, acquisition, analysis, interpretation of data, and drafting of the manuscript; Peled Z and Othman A collected the data; Brauner E critically reviewed and analysised the data; Kluger Y contributed to conception, design, critical review and interpretation of the data, and final approval of the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Offir Ben-Ishay, MD, Department of General Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa 33271, Israel. o_ben-ishay@Rambam.health.gov.il
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Received: September 29, 2012
Revised: March 3, 2013
Accepted: March 8, 2013
Published online: April 27, 2013
Revised: March 3, 2013
Accepted: March 8, 2013
Published online: April 27, 2013
Core Tip
Core tip: Clinical presentation and its association with outcome among patients with colon cancer, although poorly studied in the past, may have an important role in predicting the outcomes among this important cohort of patients. Clinical scoring as proved in other areas in the past may have an important role in outcome prediction.