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ArticleCureus2023

Stage II Medullary Carcinoma of the Colon: A Surgery Case Report.

Patrick D Plummer, Benjamin Yglesias, Pablo Giuseppucci

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Patrick D PlummerDepartment of Surgery, Trumbull Regional Medical Center, Warren, USA.
Benjamin YglesiasDepartment of Surgery, Trumbull Regional Medical Center, Warren, USA.
Pablo GiuseppucciDepartment of Surgery, Trumbull Regional Medical Center, Warren, USA.
Regional Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Medullary carcinoma (MC) is a rare subtype of colorectal cancer, which presents with poorly differentiated histology and is often confused with conventional adenocarcinoma of the colon. While this form of colorectal cancer is rare, it often does not meet the high-risk criteria to qualify for adjuvant chemotherapy even with a favorable prognosis. Diagnosis of MC is a proven difficulty because of the lack of immunohistochemical stains on pathology seen in adenocarcinoma of the colon. Unlike adenocarcinoma of the colon, distant metastasis is rare. Patients diagnosed with MC have one- and two-year survival rates of 93% and 74%, respectively. The patient was a 75-year-old female diagnosed with MC of the sigmoid colon and a large uterine fibroid. In this case report, we discuss the high-risk indications of colorectal cancer and the recommended treatment of patients with stage II MC of the colon.

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adjuvant chemotheapyhigh risk interventionlaparoscopic colon resectionmedullary carcinoma of the colonstage ii colon cancer

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PMID38229786
PMCPMC10790957
OpenAlexW4389905785

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