Clinical features, frequency and prognosis of Dukes' A colorectal carcinoma: a population-based investigation.
Eur J Cancer
; 32A(11): 1957-62, 1996 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-8943681
ABSTRACT
The main aim of this study was, through the data of a population-based Registry, to establish the incidence of Dukes' A lesions by year of registration and the main clinical features, and to assess cancer-specific survival. One hundred and eighteen Dukes' A colorectal tumours were diagnosed (in 117 patients) out of 1337 registered between 1984 and 1992 in the Health Care District of Modena, Northern Italy; 94 patients were treated with surgery and 23 with endoscopic polypectomy. The frequency of Dukes' A tumours ranged between 4.8% and 18% by year of registration. Dukes' A carcinomas were significantly more frequent in the distal colon. Only 5 patients (4%) died of their cancer, and in all patients the tumour was localised in the rectum. Carcinomas associated with a poor prognosis did not show any of the biological variables usually associated with an unfavourable outcome, but, our data suggest the possibility of incomplete removal of tumours at surgery.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias Retais
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Neoplasias do Colo
Tipo de estudo:
Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Eur J Cancer
Ano de publicação:
1996
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália