Results of a rigorous follow-up system in colorectal cancer.
Results of a computer-aided follow-up programme for patients with colorectal cancer are analyzed. Between 1978 and 1987 1293 patients underwent this programme, the drop-out rate was 17%. 299 recurrences in 168 patients were discovered (40% local recurrence, 29% liver metastases and 31% others). Fifty-one per cent of patients with local recurrence and 47% with liver metastases were symptom free. Radical surgery could be performed in 50% of local recurrences and in 26% of liver metastases. The three year survival rate after radical surgery for recurrence was 35% for local recurrences and 33% for liver metastases, the five-year-survival rate 23% and 15%, respectively.
Wenzl
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First Surgical University Clinic, Vienna, Austria.
Wunderlich
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M
Herbst
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F
Schemper
M
M
Feil
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W
Rauhs
R
R
Schiessel
R
R
D015331:Cohort Studies; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000556:secondary; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012086:Reoperation