@article{d10c8d5ef1fd47b2b1dfabaa42867f0b,
title = "Laparoscopic versus open surgery for rectal cancer (COLOR II): short-term outcomes of a randomised, phase 3 trial",
abstract = "Laparoscopic surgery as an alternative to open surgery in patients with rectal cancer has not yet been shown to be oncologically safe. The aim in the COlorectal cancer Laparoscopic or Open Resection (COLOR II) trial was to compare laparoscopic and open surgery in patients with rectal cancer.",
keywords = "Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Europe, Female, Humans, Laparoscopy, Lymph Nodes, Male, Middle Aged, Neoplasm Recurrence, Local, Neoplasm Staging, Rectal Neoplasms, Treatment Outcome",
author = "{van der Pas}, {Martijn Hgm} and Eva Haglind and Cuesta, {Miguel A} and Alois F{\"u}rst and Lacy, {Antonio M} and Hop, {Wim Cj} and Bonjer, {Hendrik Jaap} and {COlorectal cancer Laparoscopic or Open Resection II (COLOR II) Study Group} and Per Jess and Orhan Bulut",
note = "Copyright {\textcopyright} 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.",
year = "2013",
month = mar,
doi = "10.1016/S1470-2045(13)70016-0",
language = "English",
volume = "14",
pages = "210--8",
journal = "The Lancet Oncology (Portuguese Edition)",
issn = "1646-8910",
publisher = "Publisaude Edicoes Medicas",
number = "3",
}