Results of the endoscopic observation of patients operated on for cancer of the large intestine
Petrov, V.P.; Savvin, I.N.
Voprosy Onkologii 32(2): 76-78
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0507-3758 PMID: 3962246 Document Number: 272258
219 patients radically operated on for large bowel cancer were followed up for 1-16 years. Polyps were detected in 81 patients (37%) (malignant ones--9.6%), relapse in anastomosis--9 (4.1%) and metachronous tumors in 5 (2.3%). Cases operated on for cancer of the rectum and left half of the colon were at particularly high risk for recurrence development.