Second-Look Surgery for Colorectal Cancer: Revised Selection Factors and New Treatment Options for Greater Success

Table 4

Endpoints of revised guidelines for second-look surgery.

Credits	Debits
(1) Percentage of patients “converted” from disease recurrence to five-year survival.	(1) Percentage of patients with a negative second look.
(2) Median time to recurrence and median survival of patients with a positive second look who are resected.	(2) Morbidity and mortality of patients with a negative second look.(3) Morbidity and mortality of patients with a positive second look.
(3) Median time to recurrence and median survival of patients with a positive second look who are unresectable.	(4) Cost of reoperative surgery.(5) Cost of followup program.