COLON CANCER

About Appendicitis, the conservative management could be used in selected patients

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Recent studies suggest that the incidence of colorectal cancer is increasing in younger adults aged under 50

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Acute appendicitis can be the first manifestation of an underlying colonic malignancy

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The risk of right-sided colon cancer in patients aged over 40 years with acute appendicitis is 4 times higher than the risk in the general population.

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CT scan has low sensitivity for the diagnosis of early colon cancer

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Colorectal cancer (CC) cases are the third most common in men and the second most common in women worldwide.

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Some systemic inflammatory markers such as neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to- lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and prognostic nutritional index (PNI) have been reported as prognostic factors in colorectal cancer.

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According with the paper, a low PNI was an independent risk factor for recurrence in patients with stage IIA CC.

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The reason for the independently significant correlation between preoperative PNI and postoperative RFS in patients with stage IIA CC is unknown.

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PNI is a complex and non reliable method of interpreting the condition of malignant tumor without sepsis

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