Enhance the standardization practice of colon cancer surgery        WANG Shan, YE Ying-jiang. Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing 100044,China
Corresponding author: WANG Shan, E-mail: shwang60@sina.com
Abstract    Total mesorectal excision has contributed greatly to standardization of rectal cancer operation, which improves the prognosis of rectal cancer patients. However, although regiment of chemotherapy updated rapidly, the technique of colon cancer surgery proceed so slowly that the prognosis of colon cancer has less progress. Complete mesocolic excision (CME) is a new concept of colon cancer surgery, which might improve the outcomes of patients with colon cancer. Moreover, whatever procedure of colon cancer operation must obey the principles as below: operating precisely based on the anatomy and embryology; performing during operation according to the oncological principle to decrease the recurrence of the tumor; paying more attention to the multi-disciplinary collaboration to promote the standardization of the colon cancer operation. The standardization of the colon cancer operation warrants the radical resection of the colon cancer, which is essential to make patients benefit from the surgery.