Means of improving the efficacy of the treatment of cancer of the rectum (experience in the surgical and combination treatment of 3185 patients)
Kikot', V.A.
Klinicheskaia Khirurgiia 5: 1-4
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0023-2130 PMID: 2754960 Document Number: 340642
The analysis of the results of surgical and combined treatment of 3185 patients with rectal cancer was carried out. Of these patients, 88.2% were operated on at the stages III and IV of the disease. Radical operative interventions were performed in 2564 (80.5%) patients. The postoperative lethality was 8.1%. Sphincter-preserving operations comprised 53%. The combined treatment with the use of preoperative intensive irradiation was performed in 1174 patients and resulted in 2-fold decrease in the incidence of recurrences. The five-year survival of patients after surgical treatment was 60.1%, after combined--75.4%.