title: Five year survival following surgery for 50 cases of colorectal cancer--a personal series.
abstract: In a personal series of 56 patients with colorectal cancer operated over a 3-year period from 1984 to 1986, 50 patients were followed up until death or for at least 5 years. The age, distribution, clinical features and stage of disease at presentation appear to be similar to those in the West. All 5 of Dukes A, 10 of 11 cases of Dukes B and 8 of 16 cases of Dukes C disease have survived at least 5 years. The 5-year survivors include a patient who had undergone right hepatectomy for a large liver metastasis. The 5-year survival in this small personal series appears encouraging.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, National University Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Ti
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003082:Colectomy; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003125:Colostomy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010166:Palliative Care; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D015996:Survival Rate