title: [Prognostic evaluation of malignant tumors of the lower third of the rectum].
abstract: Authors took into consideration 44 cases of neoplasm located in the lower third of the rectum. This site represents one of the most affected by the large bowel cancer and is also distressed by the highest frequency of late recurrences after curative resection. A careful follow-up of these patients has been made in order to define the survival rate in relation to different prognostic factors. To this purpose staging, grading and other morphologic features of the neoplasm turned out to be especially significant.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bortolani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Erba
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pizzocari
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012007:Rectum / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000098:blood supply
vernacular_title: Valutazione prognostica nei tumori maligni del terzo inferiore del retto.