Preoperative Laboratory, Imaging, and Risk Assessment Before Elective Colorectal Cancer Resection: What the Clinician Must Remember
Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains one of the most frequently diagnosed malignancies worldwide and a leading indication for major abdominal surgery, with a rising incidence among younger adults. Because CRC resection is a physiologically demanding procedure performed in a frequently comorbid, often anemic and malnourished...