Patient population Intervention Comparator Outcomes Patients with complete response after neoadjuvant treatment of rectal cancer Non-operative management Surgery (TME) Cancer recurrence, morbidity, disease-free survival, overall survival Introduction Surgical excision of…

P (patients) I (intervention) C (comparator) O (outcomes) Patients with T1 rectal cancer Local excision Radical resection Oncologic outcomes, quality of life A literature search in Pubmed, Embase, and Scopus…

Pt population Intervention Comparators Outcomes studied Pts with stage 2 colon cancer Chemo Observation Disease free survival, overall survival I searched the PubMed data base using the following MeSH terms:…

P (patients) I (intervention) C (comparator) O (outcomes) Patients with obstructing colorectal cancer Surgery Self expanding metallic stents Technical success, morbidity, bridging to surgery, oncologic outcomes, survival Methods: Search Strategy…

Pt Population Intervention Comparators Outcomes studied Pts after curative resection of colorectal cancer Intensive follow up Clinical followup Early detection of recurrence, salvage rates, cost Introduction According to the American…

P (patients) I (intervention) C (comparator) O (outcomes) Steroid-treated patients with or without IBD undergoing colorectal or non-colorectal surgery Low-dose perioperative steroids High-dose or stress-dose perioperative steroids Perioperative hemodynamic instability,…

Patients Intervention Comparator Outcome Patients with ulcerative colitis requiring operation Proctocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis Proctocolectomy with end ileostomy Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) Search Strategy A comprehensive literature search…

Patient population Intervention Comparator Outcomes studied UC patients with dysplasia Surgery Expectant management Cancer risk Table 10.2 Studies examined Study Ulcerative colitis patients Typical risk of cancer for immediate surgery…