Conventional Surgery Compared With Laparoscopic-Assisted Surgery in Treating Patients With Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Colorectal Cancer focused on measuring stage I colon cancer, stage II colon cancer, stage III colon cancer, stage IV colon cancer, stage 0 colon cancer, stage 0 rectal cancer, stage I rectal cancer, stage II rectal cancer, stage III rectal cancer, stage IV rectal cancer
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed colorectal cancer Must be suitable for elective surgical resection by right hemicolectomy, left hemicolectomy, sigmoid colectomy, anterior resection or abdomino-perineal resection No adenocarcinoma of the transverse colon No synchronous multiple adenocarcinomas PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: Not specified Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Not specified Renal: Not specified Pulmonary: No contraindication to pneumoperitoneum such as severe cardio-respiratory disease Other: No acute intestinal obstruction No prior malignancy within the past 5 years, except basal cell carcinoma, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or prostate cancer Not pregnant No gastrointestinal disease that requires surgical intervention, e.g., Crohn's disease, chronic ulcerative disease, familial polyposis PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: Not specified Adjuvant chemotherapy allowed Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: Preoperative radiotherapy must be administered before randomization into this trial Adjuvant radiotherapy allowed Surgery: See Disease Characteristics
Sites / Locations
- Saxon Clinic
- Castle Hill Hospital
- Leeds General Infirmary at Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
- Leeds Cancer Centre at St. James's University Hospital
- Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Hospitals
- Imperial College School of Medicine at St. Mary's
- Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust
- Queen's Medical Centre
- Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust
- Airedale General Hospital
- Ninewells Hospital and Medical School
- Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh at Little France
- University Hospital of Wales