Outcome Quality After Colorectal Cancer Resection in Certified Colorectal Cancer Centers—Patient-Reported and Short-Term Clinical Outcomes.

Background: In this observational study, patient-reported outcomes and short-term clinical outcome parameters in patients with colorectal cancer were studied 12 months after the start of treatment. Outcomes were also compared across German Certified Colorectal Cancer Centres.

Methods: Data were collected from 4239 patients with colorectal cancer who had undergone elective tumor resection in one of 102 colorectal cancer centers and had responded to a quality-of-life questionnaire before treatment (EORTC QLQ-C30 and -CR29).

[Prerequisites of magnetic resonance imaging for treatment planning in locally advanced rectal cancer - Interdisciplinary recommendations].

For the purpose of indication and patient stratification of perioperative treatment of locally advanced rectal cancer, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become indispensable. In this report, we describe the importance of MRI diagnostics and the qualitative conditions.

Surgical strategy in aortoesophageal fistulae: endovascular stentgrafts and in situ repair of the aorta with cryopreserved homografts.

Objective: The surgical treatment of aortoesophageal fistulae (AEF) has a high morbidity and mortality rate. We report our experience with the sequential use of endovascular thoracic stentgrafts and cryopreserved aortic homografts for in situ repair of the descending thoracic aorta.

Methods: In a 7-year period, 6 patients with AEF were treated at our center.