title: Regression analyses of prognostic factors in colorectal cancer.
abstract: In a follow-up study of 110 patients with colorectal cancer, age, sex, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), hemoglobin (Hb), leukocyte count, emergency operation, tumor site, Dukes' stage, and histologic grade were tested in survival analyses. Dukes' stage was a highly superior prognostic discriminator. In multivariate survival analysis (Cox model) elevated ESR and leukocytosis were significant prognostic factors in addition to the Dukes' stage, indicating high-risk patients with shorter survival.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hannisdal
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Thorsen
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001799:Blood Sedimentation; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins