Aspekte chirurgischer Therapie des kolorektalen Karzinoms

The basis for indication and choice of surgical treatment for colorectal cancer patients will be sketched. Here, in principle, the surgical procedure has to be considered as a treatment modality within an extensive treatment plan, which should include after adequate preoperative diagnostics the opportunity of radio- and chemotherapy. Along with an exact staging, the symptoms and the exclusion or detection of a hereditary colorectal tumor disease, but also the age or the emergency situation of the patient play an important role in the definition of an adequate surgical treatment.