Impact of severe postoperative complications on oncologic outcomes after curative resection for stage I-III colorectal cancer: a multicenter study.
CD ≥3 complications independently worsen RFS, OS, and CSS but do not significantly affect TTR after curative resection for pStage I-III CRC, suggesting that severe complications may not primarily accelerate recurrence itself, but may instead impair survival after recurrence, highlighting possible mechanisms beyond dire...