Colon Cancer
Conditions
Keywords
Colon cancer, Quality of surgery, Length of tumour feeding artery
Brief summary
The quality of colon cancer surgery is highly debated these years since the mortality of the disease is not declining markedly. Surgery is the main treatment of colon cancer and during surgery it is very important for the surgeon to remove the tumour and all potential ways of tumour spread. As colon cancer first of all spreads to the nearby lymph nodes lying along the tumour feeding artery the surgeon aims to cut the vessel as central as possible. This means that all of the tumour feeding artery should have been removed after surgery. In this study the investigators want to measure the length of the tumour feeding artery after surgery as a quality control of the surgery. The investigators hypothesize that the artery will be shorter than 5 mm. The investigators wish to CT scan all patients two days after colon cancer surgery and afterwards measure then length of the artery on the images. This study will not inflict with the normal routine for patient information and treatment.
Interventions
OTHERPatients with primary colon cancer
CT scan two days after surgery
Sponsors
University of Aarhus
Study design
Observational model
CASE_ONLY
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Primary colon cancer
Exclusion criteria
* Kidney failure, allergy to contrast, pregnancy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CT scan after colon cancer surgery. The length of the tumour feeding artery will be measured on the images. | 6 to 9 months | Patients will have an extra CT scan two days after surgery. |
Countries
Denmark
Contacts
Primary ContactDitte Munkedal, MD
Backup ContactSoren Laurberg, Professor
Outcome results
None listed