[A review of colorectal cancer in atomic bomb survivors--treated cases at Nagasaki Genbaku Hospital from 1971-1984].
Clinical and pathological characteristics of patients with colorectal cancer amongst atomic bomb survivors, who had undergone operations from 1971-1984, have been reviewed and compared with that of a control group. The survival rate of the atomic bomb survivors over the age of 60 years was statistically better than that of the same age group in the controls. In this age bracket, the control group were in a more advanced stage of the disease than were the survivors, this accounting for the reason why the survivors had a better prognosis. Further, the fact that the survivors continually have received more medical attention than have the aged in the control group affects this statistic.
Nakao
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Dept. of Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Society, Nagasaki Genbaku Hospital.
Sawai
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Ishii
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T
Eida
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K
Noguchi
K
K
Takahara
O
O
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009689:Nuclear Warfare; D011379:Prognosis; D012044:Regression Analysis