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Required pre-reading

Please ensure you have read the following before the first session with this patient:

1. Colon Cancer  
2. Bowel cancer
3. Colorectal cancer
4. Key updates to colorectal cancer clinical practice guidelines
5. Bowel cancer screening (RACGP)
6. Bowel cancer screening (Position Paper | RACS) (Scroll down menu to Bowel Cancer Screening)

Recommended references

The following are recommended scholarly articles relating to this patient:

1. Fast-track surgery versus traditional perioperative care in laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery: a meta-analysis
2. Post-discharge symptoms following fast-track colonic cancer surgery: a phenomenological hermeneutic study
3. Laparoscopic versus open surgery for colon cancer: a meta-analysis of 5-year follow-up outcomes