Segmental Versus Extended Resection for Sporadic Colorectal Cancer in Young Patients COEN L. KLOS, MD, GRACE MONTENEGRO, MD, NIDA JAMAL, MD, PAUL E. WISE, MD, JAMES W. FLESHMAN, MD, BASHAR SAFAR, MD, AND SEKHAR DHARMARAJAN, MD* Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Background and Objectives: Guidelines on the management of colon cancer state that extensive colectomy should be “considered” for patients of young age (