[Means of improving the efficacy of the treatment of cancer of the rectum (experience in the surgical and combination treatment of 3185 patients)].
The analysis of the results of surgical and combined treatment of 3185 patients with rectal cancer was carried out. Of these patients, 88.2% were operated on at the stages III and IV of the disease. Radical operative interventions were performed in 2564 (80.5%) patients. The postoperative lethality was 8.1%. Sphincter-preserving operations comprised 53%. The combined treatment with the use of preoperative intensive irradiation was performed in 1174 patients and resulted in 2-fold decrease in the incidence of recurrences. The five-year survival of patients after surgical treatment was 60.1%, after combined--75.4%.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
Puti povysheniia éffektivnosti lecheniia raka priamoĭ kishki (opyt khirurgicheskogo i kombinirovannogo lecheniia 3185 bol'nykh).