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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-5-10
pubmed:abstractText
Multiple clinical and pathologic factors have been analyzed retrospectively for a group of 456 patients with colon and rectal cancer treated in Glasgow over a span of 4 years. Sixty-five percent of these patients underwent curative resection, and another 16 percent had palliative resection. Obstruction and perforation (present in 19 and 5 percent, respectively) were associated with the highest operative mortality (17 percent for both) of any presenting symptom. However, when only patients who survived curative resection were considered, obstruction carried only a slightly lower 5 year survival than did other common symptoms, whereas perforation still led to only a 10 percent 5 year survival. Neither mucin production nor degree of differentiation influenced survival significantly. Adherence of the primary tumor to an adjacent organ was associated with a very poor prognosis (9 percent 5 year survival), but curative resection of the involved organs with the primary tumor increased the 5 year survival to 34 percent. Patterns of recurrence were noted to be markedly different for each primary site and for different stages. Dukes' stage was the most important overall determinant of prognosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0002-9610
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
147
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
441-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Colon and rectal carcinoma in the west of Scotland. Symptoms, histologic characteristics, and outcome.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article