"Colon, Ascending" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The segment of LARGE INTESTINE between the CECUM and the TRANSVERSE COLON. It passes cephalad from the cecum to the caudal surface of the right lobe of the LIVER where it bends sharply to the left, forming the right colic flexure.
| Descriptor ID |
D044682
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A03.556.124.526.356.333 A03.556.249.249.356.333
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Colon, Ascending" by people in Profiles.
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Right-sided Colonic Juvenile Polyp [Polyps] in Paediatric Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Patients. J Crohns Colitis. 2018 Nov 15; 12(11):1375-1376.
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The Prognostic Impact of KRAS Mutation in Patients Having Curative Resection of Synchronous Colorectal Liver Metastases. J Gastrointest Surg. 2019 10; 23(10):1957-1963.
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Association of the Addition of Oral Antibiotics to Mechanical Bowel Preparation for Left Colon and Rectal Cancer Resections With Reduction of Surgical Site Infections. JAMA Surg. 2018 Feb 01; 153(2):114-121.
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Embryonic origin of primary colon cancer predicts survival in patients undergoing ablation for colorectal liver metastases. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2017 Jun; 43(6):1040-1049.
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Prevalence and distribution of colonic diverticula assessed with CT colonography (CTC). Eur Radiol. 2016 Mar; 26(3):639-45.
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Polyps with advanced neoplasia are smaller in the right than in the left colon: implications for colorectal cancer screening. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012 Dec; 10(12):1395-1401.e2.
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Extracavitary/solid variant of primary effusion lymphoma. Ann Diagn Pathol. 2012 Dec; 16(6):441-6.
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Distinguishing right from left colon by the pattern of gene expression. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2003 Aug; 12(8):755-62.