International journal of colorectal disease
Jan 20, 2025
PURPOSE: This systematic review examines the utility of deep learning algorithms in predicting pathological complete response (pCR) in rectal cancer patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT). The primary goal is to evaluate the perform...
International journal of colorectal disease
Jun 26, 2024
BACKGROUND: The 8th AJCC TNM staging for non-metastatic lymph node-positive colon adenocarcinoma patients(NMLP-CA) stages solely by lymph node status, irrespective of the positivity of tumor deposits (TD). This study uses machine learning and Cox reg...
International journal of colorectal disease
May 24, 2024
PURPOSE: This study aimed to assess tumor regression grade (TRG) in patients with rectal cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NCRT) through a machine learning-based radiomics analysis using baseline T2-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) images.
International journal of colorectal disease
Dec 21, 2023
OBJECTIVE: This study aims to conduct a meta-analysis to evaluate the short-term and long-term therapeutic effects of robot-assisted laparoscopic treatment in patients with mid and low rectal cancer.
International journal of colorectal disease
Apr 13, 2023
PURPOSE: In Germany, colorectal robot-assisted surgery (RAS) has found its way and is currently used as primary technique in colorectal resections at our clinic. We investigated whether RAS can be extensively combined with enhanced recovery after sur...
International journal of colorectal disease
Jan 11, 2023
PURPOSE: Evidence regarding the learning curve of robot-assisted total mesorectal excision is scarce and of low quality. Case-mix is mostly not taken into account, and learning curves are based on operative time, while preferably clinical outcomes an...
International journal of colorectal disease
Jun 16, 2022
PURPOSE: Evidence regarding local recurrence rates in the initial cases after implementation of robot-assisted total mesorectal excision is limited. This study aims to describe local recurrence rates in four large Dutch centres during their initial c...