title: Influence of mucinous components on survival in colorectal adenocarcinomas: a multivariate analysis.
abstract: Of 534 resected colorectal adenocarcinomas, 165 (31%) contained some mucinous components; these represented the main part of the tumour in 67 (13%). Of the mucin containing tumours, 63 (38%) were in the right colon compared with 50 (13%) of the non-mucinous ones (p less than 0.001). Patients with predominantly mucinous tumours were significantly older than those with non-mucinous tumours, and they tended to present with tumours at a more advanced stage. A multivariate analysis did not show any significant independent prognostic influence of the mucinous component except when this had a predominantly signet ring cell pattern.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Trondheim Regional and University Hospital, Norway.
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Halvorsen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Seim
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000032:analysis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000032:analysis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000032:analysis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009077:Mucins / Q000032:analysis*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000032:analysis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D009077:Mucins