Long-term prognosis of patients with obstructing carcinoma of the right colon - 25/08/11
, Jen-Kou Lin, M.D., Ph.D. a, Chih-Yuan Mou, M.D. a, Tzu-Chen Lin, M.D. a, Wei-Shone Chen, M.D., Ph.D. a, Jeng-Kae Jiang, M.D., Ph.D. a, Shung-Haur Yang, M.D. aAbstract |
Background |
The long-term prognosis of patients with colon cancer is dependent on many factors. The aim of this retrospective study was to assess the long-term prognosis of patients with obstructing carcinoma of the right colon.
Methods |
From 1981 to 1988, 256 patients at the Veterans General Hospital-Taipei who were status postcurative resection of right colon adenocarcinoma were classified as obstruction group (n = 35) or nonobstruction group (n = 221) as appropriate.
Results |
Analysis revealed no differences in age, sex, tumor location, or stage (P >0.05) between the two groups. However, the overall and distant recurrence rates were significant higher in obstructed patients than in nonobstructed patients. Further, long-term crude and cancer-specific survival rates were significantly lower in obstructed patients when examining either overall patient outcome or stage-matched outcomes. Multivariate analysis demonstrated that obstruction and tumor stage were both independent prognostic factors.
Conclusions |
Obstruction status was an independent prognostic factor for patients with right colon carcinoma. The long-term prognosis of patients with obstructing carcinoma of the right colon was poor.
El texto completo de este artículo está disponible en PDF.Keywords : Prognosis, Carcinoma, Colon
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Vol 187 - N° 4
P. 497-500 - avril 2004 Regresar al número
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