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1. ALCCaS Australasian Laparoscopic Colon Cancer Study

2. Randall Allardyce ALCCaS Co-Principal investigator Department of Surgery Christchurch School of Medicine And Health Sciences Christchurch, New Zealand This presentation is made on behalf of the ALCCaS Group

9. Laparoscopic or Open?

10. Morris Franklin did it his way

11. On the horns of a dilemma

14. Could we talk to each other?

21. Number of recruiting surgeons and patients per centre 96 7 48 59 203 188 Patients 6 1 4 8 10 5 Surgeons NZ WA NSW Victoria Q’land Sth Aus Centre

22. Annual recruitment by geographic centre 601 7 48 59 203 188 96 CENTRE TOTAL 13 3 1 5 3 1 2005 120 4 10 11 31 48 16 2004 117 22 10 27 40 18 2003 95 8 7 26 40 14 2002 88 5 15 20 26 22 2001 80 2 14 37 18 9 2000 68 2 51 9 6 1999 20 6 4 10 1998 YR TOTAL WA NSW Vic Q'land S Aus NZ Date

26. ALCCaS will conclude with 592 patients in March 2010