title: Local recurrence following curative resection for carcinoma of the rectum.
abstract: One hundred ninety-three patients had curative resections for carcinoma of the rectum between January 1971 and December 1979. Nineteen patients developed local recurrence (9.8 per cent): 5/95 after abdominoperineal excision (5.2 per cent) and 14/98 after anterior resection (14.3 per cent). There was no difference in the overall survival rate between the two operations, but there was a trend toward decreased survival for patients who developed local recurrence. Metastatic spread to the lymph nodes increased the risk of local recurrence.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012306:Risk