This focused issue on “Right Colon Cancer Surgery: Current State” is edited by Dr. Roberto Bergamaschi, from New York Medical College, Westchester Medical Center, New York, NY, USA; and Dr. Mahir Gachabayov, from Vladimir City Clinical Hospital of Emergency Medicine, Vladimir, Russia.

Dr. Roberto Bergamaschi was a tenured professor and chief of the Division of Colorectal Surgery at the State University of New York in Stony Brook, NY. In 2017, Dr. Bergamaschi accepted a position as chief of the Section of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery at Westchester Medical Center and Professor of Surgery with Tenure at New York Medical College in Valhalla, NY. Dr. Bergamaschi’s expertise is in colorectal surgery and diseases of the colon, rectum and anus with a focus on robotic and laparoscopic surgery.

Dr. Mahir Gachabayov graduated from Azerbaijan Medical University in 2006. He is an attending surgeon in Vladimir City Clinical Hospital of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Gachabayov is member of several international societies and national delegate of Russian Federation in World Society of Emergency Surgery. anatomy and on abdominal wall anatomy and CT imaging in hernia patients.

Disclosure:
The series “Right Colon Cancer Surgery: Current State” was commissioned by the editorial office, Annals of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery without any sponsorship or funding. Roberto Bergamaschi and Mahir Gachabayov served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the series.