title: [Multiple carcinomas of the large intestine].
abstract: Authors stress that multiple carcinomas of the large bowel are not exceptional at all and report 5 cases of metachronous cancers and 1 case of synchronous cancers. They are 4,4% of all the colo-rectal neoplasms operated by the "Istituto di Semeiotica Chirurgica dell'Università di Trieste". The Authors discuss the most important pathogenetic, pathological and diagnostic problems and emphasize the usefulness of a very careful intra-operative evaluation of the entire colon and of a post-operative follow-up for the early discovery and treatment of a second cancer in another tract of the large bowel.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D007420:Intestine, Large; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: I carcinomi multipli del grosso intestino.