title: [Cryosurgery in rectal carcinoma--report of 41 cases].
abstract: Fourty-one patients with rectal carcinoma treated by cryosurgery in our hospital from 1973 to 1982 are presented. The 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1-year survival rates were 34.1%, 41%, 56%, 66% and 90%, respectively Eighteen patients who underwent radical cryosurgery gave a 5-year survival rate of 66%. The results showed that cryosurgery inhibited the multiplication of cancer cells and improved immune response through observing the changes of DNA content, ultrastructures, anti-bodies (IgG, A, M), T-cell subpopulations (OKT3, OKT4, OKT8) and so on. Cryosurgery could avert colostomy when used for rectal carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Zhejiang Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital.
authors.forename: Z S
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003452:Cryosurgery / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D015996:Survival Rate