Risk of Residual Cancer After Immediate Surgery or Nonoperative Management After Malignant Colorectal Polypectomy With High-Risk Features
The risk of residual disease after removal of a malignant polyp with high-risk features approaches 20%. Patients who are concerned about the potential morbidity of surgery and its impact on postoperative quality of life should be counseled about this risk, as well as the availability of effective salvage treatments following nonoperative surveillance.
Authors
- Garrett M. Nash (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9833-2625)
- Julio García‐Aguilar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2451-0948)
- Martin R. Weiser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9577-7984)
- Ayyüce Begüm Bektaş (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1432-9056)
- Thikhamporn Tawantanakorn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8468-4347)
- Maria Widmar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1145-8370)
- Andrea Cercek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5054-8192)
- Leonard B. Saltz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8353-4670)
- Georgios Karagkounis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0759-8108)
- Mithat Gönen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8683-8477)
- Mohammad Ali Abbass (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9146-2195)
- J. Joshua Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2538-5456)
- Iris H. Wei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9006-9105)
- Emmanouil P. Pappou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8735-1852)
- Jinru Shia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4351-2511)
- Philip B. Paty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7045-2112)
- Matthew Hill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9253-169X)
Institutions
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JCO oncology advances.
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1200/oa-25-00082
- Primary Topic
- Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00