%0 Journal Article %T Transitional impact of short©\ and long©\term outcomes of a randomized controlled trial to evaluate laparoscopic versus open surgery for colorectal cancer from Japan Clinical Oncology Group Study JCOG0404 %A Hiroshi Katayama %A Junki Mizusawa %A Masafumi Inomata %A Mitsuyoshi Ota %A Seigo Kitano %A Shigeki Yamaguchi %A Shuji Saito %A Takeo Sato %A The Japan Clinical Oncology Group %A Tomonori Akagi %A Yusuke Kinugasa %J Archive of "Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery". %D 2019 %R 10.1002/ags3.12245 %X The JCOG0404 randomized controlled trial conducted to compare laparoscopic surgery (LAP) with open surgery (OP) for stage II/III colon cancer showed better short©\term outcomes and equal long©\term outcomes of LAP versus OP. Technical instrumentation of surgery and anticancer agents given during the registration period might have affected the outcomes %K colorectal cancer %K laparoscopic colectomy %K randomized controlled trial %K transitional impact %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6524094/