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James W. Fleshman
Researcher at Baylor University Medical Center
Publications - 91
Citations - 5925
James W. Fleshman is an academic researcher from Baylor University Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Colorectal cancer & Colorectal surgery. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 91 publications receiving 5256 citations.
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A comparison of laparoscopically assisted and open colectomy for colon cancer.
Heidi Nelson,Daniel J. Sargent,H Sam Wieand,James W. Fleshman,Mehran Anvari,Steven J. Stryker,Robert W. Beart,Michael D. Hellinger,Richard Flanagan,Walter R. Peters,David M. Ota +10 more
TL;DR: In this multi-institutional study, the rates of recurrent cancer were similar after laparoscopically assisted colectomy and open-colectomy, suggesting that the laparoscopic approach is an acceptable alternative to open surgery for colon cancer.
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Early results of laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer. Retrospective analysis of 372 patients treated by Clinical Outcomes of Surgical Therapy (COST) Study Group.
James W. Fleshman,Heidi Nelson,Walter R. Peters,H. Charles Kim,Sergio W. Larach,Richard R. Boorse,Wayne L. Ambroze,Phillip Leggett,Ronald Bleday,Steven J. Stryker,Brent Christenson,Steven D. Wexner,Anthony J. Senagore,David W. Rattner,John E. Sutton,Arthur P. Fine +15 more
TL;DR: A laparoscopic approach to colorectal cancer results in early outcome after treatment that is comparable with conventional therapy for colore CT scans, and a randomized trial is needed to compare long-term outcomes of open and laparoscopy approaches with coloreCTal cancer.
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Disease-free Survival and Local Recurrence for Laparoscopic Resection Compared With Open Resection of Stage II to III Rectal Cancer: Follow-up Results of the ACOSOG Z6051 Randomized Controlled Trial
James W. Fleshman,Megan E. Branda,Daniel J. Sargent,Anne Marie Boller,Virgilio George,Maher A. Abbas,Walter R. Peters,Dipen Maun,George J. Chang,Alan Joseph Herline,Alessandro Fichera,Matthew G. Mutch,Steven D. Wexner,Mark H. Whiteford,John Marks,Elisa H. Birnbaum,David A. Margolin,David W. Larson,Peter W. Marcello,Mitchell C. Posner,Thomas E. Read,John R. T. Monson,Sherry M. Wren,Peter W.T. Pisters,Heidi Nelson +24 more
TL;DR: In this article, a randomized clinical trial (ACOSOG [Alliance] Z6051), performed between 2008 and 2013, compared LAP and OPEN resect for rectal cancer with open and laparoscopic resect.
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Practice parameters for sigmoid diverticulitis. The Standards Task Force American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons.
Patricia L. Roberts,Michael E. Abel,Lester Rosen,W. Cirocco,James W. Fleshman,E. Leff,D. Levien,T. Pritchard,Steven D. Wexner,Terry C. Hicks +9 more
TL;DR: These guidelines should not be deemed inclusive of all proper methods of care or exclusive of methods of Care reasonably directed to obtaining the same results.
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Confirmation that chromosome 18q allelic loss in colon cancer is a prognostic indicator
Olagunju Ogunbiyi,Paul J. Goodfellow,Klaus K.-F. Herfarth,G. Gagliardi,P E Swanson,Elisa H. Birnbaum,Thomas E. Read,James W. Fleshman,I. J. Kodner,Jeffrey F. Moley +9 more
TL;DR: Ch Chromosome 18 LOH studies may be useful in identifying patients with stage II disease who are at high risk for recurrence, and as such might benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy.