title: [Long-term survival after non-curative therapy of colorectal carcinomas].
abstract: In a total of 1073 unradically resected patients (R1/R2) surprisingly we found a group of 31 with a more than 5-year-survival and seven patients living more than 10 years. The prognosis in patients presenting rectal carcinoma was significantly better compared to colon cancer, with a 5-year-survival of 5 +/- 2% compared to 1 +/- 1%. For a long local control of tumor growth in the residual tumor patients, the possibility of irradiation probably in combination with chemotherapy seems to explain these data; but half of our longterm survivors had no additional therapy. The influence of tumorbiological and immunological factors in such patients are of further interest.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Klinik, Universitätsklinik Erlangen.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Knoch
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hohenberger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D010166:Palliative Care; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous
vernacular_title: Langzeitüberleben nach nicht kurativer Therapie colorektaler Karzinome.