Figure 2From: Short-term and medium-term clinical outcomes of laparoscopic-assisted and open surgery for colorectal cancer: a single center retrospective case-control study Survival Analysis in Rectal Cancer Cases. The laparoscopic-assisted group is represented by a continuous line and the open surgery group is represented by a dotted line. The red lines represent overall survival for all stages in the two groups (P = 0.954). The green lines represent overall survival for stage I-II patients in the two groups (P = 0.723). The blue lines represent overall survival for stage III patients in the two groups (P = 0.949).Back to article page