Laparoscopic surgery should be a viable option for T4 colon cancer: evidence from a propensity score matching analysis.

Updates Surg · 2026 · PMC13212825 · PMID 41288924

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borderline significanceP = 0.048actually significant

BMI was slightly different between groups (LR: 22.4 ± 3.0 kg/m 2 , OR: 23.4 ± 2.8 kg/m 2 , P = 0.048, borderline significance), and most patients were ASA II (P = 0.693).

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showed a trendP = 0.083so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Although the T4a group showed a trend towards lower recurrence rates compared to the T4b group (18.3% vs. 31.4%, P = 0.083), the 3-year OS (81.6% vs. 72.0%, P = 0.596) and DFS (74.4% vs. 55.3%, P = 0.228) were numerically higher in the T4a cohort, though none of these differences reached statistical significance (Table 6 , Fig. 3 ).

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