Five year survival following surgery for 50 cases of colorectal cancer--a personal series

Ti, T.K.

Singapore Medical Journal 34(4): 319-321

1993


ISSN/ISBN: 0037-5675
PMID: 7505484
Document Number: 413258
In a personal series of 56 patients with colorectal cancer operated over a 3-year period from 1984 to 1986, 50 patients were followed up until death or for at least 5 years. The age, distribution, clinical features and stage of disease at presentation appear to be similar to those in the West. All 5 of Dukes A, 10 of 11 cases of Dukes B and 8 of 16 cases of Dukes C disease have survived at least 5 years. The 5-year survivors include a patient who had undergone right hepatectomy for a large liver metastasis. The 5-year survival in this small personal series appears encouraging.

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