AUSTRALASIAN MULTICENTRED PROSPECTIVE RANDOMISED STUDY OF LAPAROSCOPIC VS CONVENTIONAL SURGICAL TREATMENT OF COLON CA

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/207815

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Colon cancer is one of the most common solid tumours in western society. The usual initial treatment is excision of the cancer by an operation done through a cut down the midline of the abdominal wall. Over the past 10 years, minimally invasive technology has changed the approach to many surgical operations. A good example of this is an operation to remove the gall bladder. This is now routinely done using a laparoscope (telescope) which is introduced at the umbilicus. An image on a video screen of the gall bladder is then used to guide instruments to remove the gall bladder without making a large incision in the abdominal wall. This is called a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The safety of a laparoscopic assisted approach in the removal of colon cancer is yet to be determined. This study will compare the long term and short term outcomes of people who have colon cancers removed either by a laparotomy (a cut in the midline of the abdominal wall) or by a laparoscopic assisted approach (telescope).

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2002

End Date: 01-01-2004

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $495,000.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Surgery

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

3 & 5 Year Survival following resection of colon cancer | Colon Cancer | Disease free interval following resection of colon cancer | Laparoscopic resection vs open resection of colon cancer | Port-site metastases in laparoscopic resection of colon ca | Prospective randomised multicentred controlled trial | Safety of Laparoscopic vs Open Ca Resection

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