Association of Poor Differentiation or Positive Vertical Margin with Residual Disease in Patients with Subsequent Colectomy after Complete Macroscopic Endoscopic Resection of Early Colorectal Cancer

<div>Flowchart of the patient inclusion by using the colorectal cancer database. Of 148 patients who underwent colectomy for early colorectal cancer after complete macroscopic endoscopic resection (ER), 16 showed residual cancer in the colorectal wall or lymph node metastasis (LNM) in the surgical specimen.</div>

Gastroenterology Research and Practice

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Figure 1: Association of Poor Differentiation or Positive Vertical Margin with Residual Disease in Patients with Subsequent Colectomy after Complete Macroscopic Endoscopic Resection of Early Colorectal Cancer 

Figure 1 | Association of Poor Differentiation or Positive Vertical Margin with Residual Disease in Patients with Subsequent Colectomy after Complete Macroscopic Endoscopic Resection of Early Colorectal Cancer 