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Review
. 2020 Dec;5(6):e001001.
doi: 10.1136/esmoopen-2020-001001.

Management of patients with early-stage colon cancer: guidelines of the Italian Medical Oncology Association

Lisa Salvatore  1 , Marco Imperatori  2 , Ermenegildo Arnoldi  3 , Carlo Carnaghi  4 , Stefano Cordio  5 , Maurizio Cosimelli  6 , Chiara Cremolini  7 , Evaristo Maiello  8 , Erika Martinelli  9 , Nicola Normanno  10 , Stefania Sciallero  11 , Renato Cannizzaro  12 , Daniela Musio  13 , Michela Cinquini  14 , Ivan Moschetti  14 , Veronica Andrea Fittipaldo  14 , Giuseppe Aprile  15 , Giordano D Beretta  16
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Review

Management of patients with early-stage colon cancer: guidelines of the Italian Medical Oncology Association

Lisa Salvatore et al. ESMO Open. 2020 Dec.

Abstract

About 75% of colorectal cancers are diagnosed as early stage, in which radical surgery is achievable. In the last decade, in Italy, the overall incidence of colorectal cancer has remained stable, while mortality gradually decreased, which is attributable to early diagnosis and improved medical, surgical and locoregional treatments. The Italian Medical Oncology Association formulated guidelines to manage early-stage colon cancer, including screening, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up, which we herein present.

Keywords: early colon cancer; italian guidelines; oncology.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Algorithm for Lynch syndrome universal screening. dMMR, mismatch repair deficient; IHC, immunohistochemistry.
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