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Transanal vs laparoscopic total mesorectal excision and 3-year disease-free survival in rectal cancer

20 March 2025

This month's selected paper evaluates the long-term oncological outcomes of transanal total mesorectal excision (TME) compared with laparoscopic TME in...

Mentorship in Focus: Leadership in Colorectal Surgery

Mentorship in Focus: Leadership in Colorectal Surgery

3 March 2025

In the 4th episode of the Mentorship in Focus podcast from Young ESCP, the essential qualities of leadership in the field of colorectal surgery are...

ESCP Fellowships 2023–2024 Update

3 March 2025

ESCP offered 3-month Functional Disorder Fellowships and 6-month Robotics Fellowships for 2023-2024, as well as three Travelling Fellowships. Fellows...

ESCP members - have you visted ASCRS U?

21 February 2025

ASCRS U is a premier education portal available at a discount to ESCP members.

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Colorectal Disease – the Official Journal of ESCP

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March 2025

Clinical features by disease duration in ulcerative colitis‐associated cancers - Study Group for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Associated Intestinal Cancers, Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum

The patient and clinician perspective on ‘early’ bowel resection for terminal ileal Crohn's disease (EBRIC): protocol for a multicentre mixed‐methods study - Nilofer Husnoo, Lynda Wyld, Alan J. Lobo, Jenna L. Morgan, Deborah Hawkins, Louise Hunt, Nyantara Wickramasekera, Laura Marshall, Steven R. Brown

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High‐grade intraepithelial lesions of the anus: patience: a road to wisdom - C. Gouriou, A. Landemaine, A. Carlo, E. Boisteau, S. Henno, V. Thibault, A. Lievre, L. Siproudhis, C. Brochard


The journal of Colorectal Disease publishes original research in all disciplines relating to colorectal pathology.

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