The initial forms of rectal cancer

Mel'nikov, R.A.; Berëzkin, D.P.; Ekimov, V.I.; Kovalev, V.K.

Voprosy Onkologii 35(3): 312-318

1989


ISSN/ISBN: 0507-3758
PMID: 2650465
Document Number: 344816
The paper discusses the tumor characteristics and long-term results of treatment of 6875 cases of rectal cancer admitted to oncological institutions of the USSR within 1968-1980. Stage I-IIa ("minimal") tumors were detected in 9.4% of patients. Organ-saving procedures (local excision included) were performed in 57%. Five-year actuarial survival following surgery was 63% according to the All-Union Center for Research on Effectiveness of Cancer Treatment and 74%--according to the N. N. Petrov Research Institute of Oncology data.

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